Vintage Pioneer Goodies

steveinaz
steveinaz Posts: 19,538
edited November 2019 in 2 Channel Audio
Here is my pioneer SX-780 and HR-99 8-track player, thanks to George Grand for the 8-track, waiting for their Elac Debut B5.2 speakers.
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Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    I had one of those Pioneer receivers as a teen with Acoustic Research speakers. Loved that setup, though I didn't know any better. It was better than anything anyone else had I went to school with.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    both very cool -- the eight-track is extra cool... and taken to the level of über-cool by the George Grand (of the Jersey Grands) connection!

    :)

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited November 2019
    I don’t think the 8-track has ever been used. The protective plastic is still on the loading door. One day, it will be passed on to another polkie.
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    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    edited November 2019
    That's a better than average eight-track deck. I realize this is sort of like saying "that's a better than average Yugo" :p but it's true nonetheless. There was a smattering of decent-quality eight-track decks; and if one bought good tape and recorded one's own eight-tracks, the quality could be fairly decent.

    Honest.

    :)

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited November 2019
    Yep. God bless George, he hooked me up. He found out I was doing a 70’s themed man cave, and he sent it to me for FREE. Kind soul. He did ask that if I ever got rid of it, that it go to a Polkie, and I gave him my word that it would.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Love the vintage Pioneer stuff! And if I may say, the artwork! And the wall treatment! :)
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
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    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    George was indeed a remarkable man.

    ... and, yeah, nice wall treatment; really pulls the room together. :*

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    It'll come together when I do the video with the speakers....Wednesday.
    Source: Bluesound Node 2i - Preamp/DAC: Benchmark DAC2 DX - Amp: Parasound Halo A21 - Speakers: MartinLogan Motion 60XTi - Shop Rig: Yamaha A-S501 Integrated - Shop Spkrs: Elac Debut 2.0 B5.2
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,642
    I always have loved the look of the vintage Pioneers.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    I used to have one of these babies in my 73 Nova! :smile:
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    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,638
    Very nice Steve. Will you be putting video link here ? I'd love to see it, if so. Always enjoyed the vintage Pioneer. That tape deck is gorgeous & from George ... Verb I remember them back in the day hanging under the dashboard of many vehicles & speaker boxes on the shelf "like area" behind the R&L seats. Your a car guy. What is that area called ? Rear dash ? Memories :smiley:
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,147
    verb wrote: »
    I used to have one of these babies in my 73 Nova! :smile:
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    Speaking of Nova's. Remember Jungle Jim and Jungle Pam of Drag Racing match race circuits in the early 1970's? Before NHRA messed it all up.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Love it! :smile: My poor Nova had a straight 6 with a 3 on the tree! :smile:
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,133
    I had a 74 Nova hatchback with a smallblock and a pioneer cassette supertuner. Loved that car even though it was terrible in the snow and handled like crap. Sadly I somehow managed to tip it over and destroy it during my misspent youth,
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  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    edited November 2019
    aprazer402 wrote: »
    verb wrote: »
    I used to have one of these babies in my 73 Nova! :smile:
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    Speaking of Nova's. Remember Jungle Jim and Jungle Pam of Drag Racing match race circuits in the early 1970's? Before NHRA messed it all up.
    dqiu37ibepz0.jpg

    Anyone that was around in this time period, could not forget Jungle Pam

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  • gyosa
    gyosa Posts: 749

    Me too , in my ‘67 Camaro - RS/SS 350 .... 300 stock hp , factory front disc brakes ... super rare
    Wish I still had it .... worth a fortune today .....

    Bk

    verb wrote: »
    I used to have one of these babies in my 73 Nova! :smile:
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    motorstereo wrote: »
    I had a 74 Nova hatchback with a smallblock and a pioneer cassette supertuner. Loved that car even though it was terrible in the snow and handled like crap. Sadly I somehow managed to tip it over and destroy it during my misspent youth,

    Lol! I completely restored the car. Short lived as it was. My first and only paint job, bondo, you name it. Slotted aluminum mags, BF Goodrich radials, shackles on the leaf springs, gosh that thing was a rust bucket. Re-built the straight 6, put the shifter on the floor, bucket seats from an older Firebird. But the best was replacing the rubber floor with jade green shag carpet! Yeah baby!

    And then in college the engine compartment caught fire! Cheap arse rubber fuel line that I used got loose! And that was the end of it for me. Sold it to a buddy back home.

    Ah, memories!

    Thought about doing another Nova, maybe someday. Gotta get my new garage built first!
    Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
    Office: PC, EAR Acute CD Player, EAR 834L Pre, Northstar Designs Intenso DAC, Antique Sound Labs AV8 Monoblocks, Denon UDR-F10 Cassette, Acoustic Technologies Classic FR Speakers, SVS SB12 Plus sub, MIT AVt2 speaker cables, IFI Purifier2, AQ Cinnamon USB cable, Groneberg Quatro Reference IC's
    Spare Room: Dayens Ampino Integrated Amp, Tjoeb 99 tube CD player (modified Marantz CD-38), Analysis Plus Oval 9's, Zu Jumpers, AudioEngine B1 Streamer, Klipsch RB-61 v2, SVS PB1000 sub, Blue Jeans RCA IC's, Shunyata Hydra 8 Power Conditioner
    Living Room: Peachtree Nova Integrated, Cambridge CXN v2 Streamer, Rotel RCD-1072 CD player, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Polk RT265 In Wall Speakers, Polk DSW Pro 660wi sub
    Garage #1: Cambridge Audio 640A Integrated Amp, Project Box-E BT Streamer, Polk Tsi200 Bookies, Douglas Speaker Cables, Shunyata Power Conditioner
    Garage #2: Cambridge Audio EVO150 Integrated Amplifier, Polk L200's, Analysis Plus Silver Oval 2 Speaker Cables, IC's TBD.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,801
    I do have a 'blackout' dial Pioneer, come to think of it (and FWIW)...

    16857818531_f129fdcef9_h.jpgDSC_0322 by Mark Hardy, on Flickr

    old-ish photo; bottom o' the stack
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