A big surprise

Cayuga
Cayuga Posts: 480
edited September 2011 in Electronics
I was out hunting last week and found this receiver, it was covered in dirt and looked like it died years ago. I took it home plugged it in and the oldtimer lit up. I spent two hours cleaning and testing and this old Realistic and its turned into a nice looking piese of gear. It puts out 80 per channel and I love the face on this receiver.
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited September 2011
    NICE.Brings back memories.
    Main Rig-Realistic AM/FM Record player 8 track boasting 4 WPC

    Backup Rig-2 CH-Rogue Audio Zeus w/Factory Special Dark Mods,Joule-Electra 300ME Platinum Preamp,OPPO-105 w/Modwright Tube Mod, Auralic Aries G2.1,Polk 2.3TL,3.1TL's,Dreadnought,RTA-15TL's,1C's All Fully Modded,2xRTA-12c's ,Benchmark DAC3 HGC,Synology NAS,VPI Scout w/Dynavector DV-20XH and Rogue Audio Ares Phono Preamp,Sony PCM-R500 DAT,HHB-850 Pro CDR,Tascam CC-222SLMKII Cassette/CDR,MIT S3.3 Shotgun Cables,Shunyata Hyra-8,Shunyata and Triode Labs Power Cords

    I’M OFFENDED!!!!
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  • rebuy
    rebuy Posts: 695
    edited September 2011
    that is a good one.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,460
    edited September 2011
    Got a "before" pic?
    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * McCormack DNA 0.5 amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
    Preamp rotation: Krell KSL (SCompRacer recapped) * Manley Shrimp * PS Audio 5.0
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  • TNHNDYMAN
    TNHNDYMAN Posts: 2,145
    edited September 2011
    Looks great. I'm buying alot of the older stuff too, and was wondering how you generally clean the exterior of the gear. Any special aluminum polish or something you would recommend. Your pieces always look great.
    2-ch System: Parasound P/LD 2000 pre, Parasound HCA-1000 amp, Parasound T/DQ Tuner, Phase Technology PC-100 Tower speakers, Technics SL-1600 Turntable, Denon 2910 SACD/CD player, Peachtree DAC iT and X1asynchorus USB converter, HSU VTF-3 subwoofer.

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  • codyc1ark
    codyc1ark Posts: 2,533
    edited September 2011
    TNHNDYMAN wrote: »
    Looks great. I'm buying alot of the older stuff too, and was wondering how you generally clean the exterior of the gear. Any special aluminum polish or something you would recommend. Your pieces always look great.

    Hmmm.... I've heard of people using a wood spray to spruce there old gear up, like Orange Glow. I've been following your nabs on the other side of the mountain, your having a lot more luck than I am. I need to get over that way, when you open your store/booth I'll make it a priority to get over there.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,913
    edited September 2011
    That's one of the R/S receivers with power MOSFETs if memory serves; arguably the best sounding soiled state Rx they ever sold.
    STA-2080; see page 12 of http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1981/
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  • Cayuga
    Cayuga Posts: 480
    edited September 2011
    Thanks for the nice responce, as for my store it's open and doing well. I don't do anything special, I use mild dish soap and good old hard work. I love this little gem, I wish I had a before and after shot. This thing looked bad!
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  • indyhawg
    indyhawg Posts: 1,668
    edited September 2011
    That is a nice looking receiver.
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