It was around for 2 months on ebay. I was looking at it, but had no use for it. Then, I bought a separate amp & needed a tuner. No rush, but finally did some research and found out it was a Pioneer tuner. He wanted $200 at first and then finally listed for $75 with $200 BIN. No one outbid me and I got it for $75 + $22 shipping. Seller states in like new condition. I have same tuner in my Allied 333 receiver per the schematic. I know how good it sounds and it receives a lot of FM stations (sensitive tuner).
I would certainly enjoy having my Studer/ReVox B780 back again, a beautiful receiver indeed! Also owned the B-285, another great product!
I saw Kirksaeter speakers at a NY audio show many years ago. The company may no longer have a presence in the US or perhaps no longer in business ...
But is Kirksaeter the company still around? Telefunken is now history and I inherited a Telefunken stereo console from my late father ...
Oh, that top one was a beauty. I can't remember exact pricing, but that receiver with matching cassette deck and tangential-arm turntable was a beautiful set (oh... add the reel to reel!). Anyway, I think this was early 80s.. went with Tandberg electronics, Nak Dragon and Thorens. But, sure lusted after the Revox stuff.
I have the B-760 tuner but it does not power up. Either some internal fuse has blown or the power supply gone bad. I replaced some external fuse a while back to no avail ...
I have one of these with some stuck function buttons.I run it in direct mode with an Audiosource EQ series 8 equalizer pushing some Cerwin Vega D9s.Love the way it looks and sounds with the eq.
I've got a 'complete' vintage Sansui rig (except for a NAD CD player which I really do enjoy immensely) . Took 6.5 years to find all the gear, from 7 countries, and put it together. No complaints here, sounds great!
Your tech had to love you as you no doubt would need to convert the voltage on some of the Sansui components ...
Most people with half a brain would love those components from the golden era of audio. Fast forward to today, if you do not plunk down some big bucks, all you will get is some black econobox, ugly as hell with little brand differentiations - cuz they all come from the same contract factory in you-know-where ...
Marantz 2226 will always be one of my favorites. Splits the difference between the high and low models and has the tubey sound with lots of detail.
Fisher 500B. I had it gone over, about 8 or 10 years ago, by Bill Thalmann at Music Technology. After consultation, he went with a rebuild that bypassed the low and high filter switches and some other less apparent changes. I remember asking if it that wasn't some form of sacrilege, and his reply (paraphrasing here, as the email is long gone from my files), "I'd like to think that I'm doing what Avery Fisher would approve, if he were alive today." I liked that. And I liked the way it sounded with a pair of Klipsch Hereseys that I grabbed off of CL.
