#Vintage pioneer stereo master 11 series

This babies cost more than actual equipment in nowadays. This adapts non-EIA-based equipment such as Pioneer SG-98OO for use in the JA-R2S. The SG-9800 is rack mounted using a JA-R101 rack mount kit, which includes a rack tray, handles, and faceplate adapter. This is important since you do not want your processor components to introduce any noise into the music path. This unit had incredible specs, including a signal to noise ratio of 92db. Equalizer:įeatures 12 slider controls per channel whereas most equalizers of the period had only 10 controls per channel. The only additional user feature is knobs to set the phono cartridge impedance and capacitance load to match some of the more esoteric phono cartridges that were available at the time. The SA-8800 is an up-rated SA-7800 that features 80 watts per channel and the same non-switching technology. This impressive tuner carried an equally impressive price for the time of $350. AM radio listeners found the TX-7800 to be an excellent unit for DX’ing, which is searching out distant stations. Reviewers also found that the TX-7800 has very good overall sound quality, likely due to the high grade components used in the internal circuitry. Selectivity is important when you have a lot of powerful radio stations on nearby frequencies. It has a 4-gang 3 filter front end that is very sensitive and extremely selective. The RT-707 still was clearly on the 1970s side of things : solid. I can see the RT-707 still advertised (back-pages only) until December 1981 in Japan. Both models remained available much later outside Japan, being advertised as exciting products as late as 1981 in the USA or Germany when they were relegated to the back pages of the catalogs since 1979. Pioneer sold thousands and thousands and thousands of them worldwide. Unlike its original, the RT-707 isn’t rare, at all. The 2M Black uses a special upgraded engine, featuring split pole pins with a silver plated copper wire. The cartridge body used for the 2M Black is manufactured from a newly-developed Lexan DMX Piano Black, a revolutionary material which ensures high rigidity while eliminating unwanted resonances. Its slim, highly polished profile allows an exceedingly wide contact area to the groove walls and ensures notably detailed reproduction throughout the spectrum, including even the most high frequency groove information. The 2M Black is graced with a Shibata diamond stylus – the same diamond as on the acclaimed MC Jubilee. Motor: Quartz-PLL hall-motor, Speeds: 33/s and 45 rpm, Wow and Flutter: 0.025% (WRMS), Signal-to-Noise Ratio: 78 dB (DIN B) Tone Arm: Static-balanced S-shaped pipe arm, Usable cartridge Weight: 4 g (min.) to 9 g (max.) Dimensions: 17 5/16″ X 5 1/2″ (H) X 15 1/8″ (D), Weight: 24 lb. QUARTZ PLL, FULL-AUTO DIRECT DRIVE TURNTABLE

#Vintage pioneer stereo master 11 series

Quality of the electronics inside were such that this equipment is still being listened to today.įinally I have finished my collection of Vintage Pioneer blue series from catalog 1980 / 81. Aesthetically, pioneer’s components from this silver era period were distinguished by their handsome brushed aluminum front panels, solid machined aluminum knobs, toggle switches and push buttons, and beautiful walnut veneer with solid walnut trim. This site is dedicated to the era of silver finish Pioneer stereo components from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. Components built by Pioneer in the 1970s and early 1980s are still around today, giving pleasure to a new generation of music listeners.