Vintage stereo heaven

[gene stangel]

After years of tweaking with power cords, cables and power amps, I just bought a used pioneer sx-1250 and hooked it up to a pair of Polk Monitor 7C's with the silver coil dome and I think I just went to heaven. The setup really rocks without a hint of harshness. FM sounds like CD and CD sounds like live music.
Am I alone out there or are there others who have experienced this nirvana?

[wangotango68]

i have a set of monitor 7's hooked up to a mits. amp and sometimes to my carver amp and they rock! for such a small speaker,they put out the sound.

scott

[mantis]

gene stangel,

Am I alone out there or are there others who have experienced this nirvana?

I haven't experienced Your heaven/nirvana but I have been experienceing my own nirvana.It all started the day I picked up the Lsi15's.Then it rolled into the Rotel seperates,then came along B&K,now the new kid on the block KimberKable.

Alot can be said about musical nirvana......it comes in all shapes and sizes.

[mantis]

After reading the theads opening line.It got me thinking about the rt16's I once loved............I ran into a guy on the job who has a pair of full oak.even the base was oak.He was thinking about upgrading to something new.I wonder if he did.I gotta look for his number.
They are/where in the same series as the rt7's.

[Tour2ma]

Many here have said that the 7c's put Polk on the map... seems you agree Gene... I think I need to hear them.

[gidrah]

Originally posted by Tour2ma
Many here have said that the 7c's put Polk on the map... seems you agree Gene... I think I need to hear them.

Man you need to throw some cold water on your speakers as it is.:)

Gene,
That Pioneer is one hell of a receiver. I think this is a testament to the quality of older gear and the relative lack of sonic improvements claimed by manufacturers

[gene stangel]

I agree on the pioneer. I just hooked up the output of a dvd-audio player to the sx-1250 into the Polk 7's for the fronts and
a pioneer sx-950 into Polk 5's for the surrounds. I could listen
all night. That pioneer sx-1250 weighs like 80 lbs and could pull in an fm station in china if it had to. Glad that I revisited this era.
Thanks for your comments.

[SDA SRS 1.2]

My Kenwood KR-9600 at 160 wpc and 53(!) pounds is still going strong after 26 years - a true classic! Connected to a pair of Sansui SP-X9000 speakers with a 16" woofer and 100dB/1 watt/1 meter efficiency rating, they can run you out of the room quickly! :) The older gear is still great!

[nadams]

The major difference I've found with older gear is that their rated output wattage is higher than that of an equivalently marked receiver from these days.

Example-

My SX-450 from 1974 is rated at 15wpc..... but it can push my 4 speakers nearly as hard as my JVC 100w amp from 1998 (I use the JVC anyway, 'cause I don't want to hurt the Pioneer.... it doesn't quite have the power of the JVC) Go figure..... I wish to God I could get my hands on the ultimate Pioneer receiver... the SX-1980. That thing was an absolute BEAST, and they're going for over 1k on ebay. Good find with the SX-1250... I'm sure it rocks the house!

DooD

[gene stangel]

Similiar hookup here at the office. A Pioneer Sx-450 driving a pair of Polk Monitor 5's and I can blast the place with clean sound.
The SX-450 will also easily power four speakers at once with no problem. The SX-1250 is truly amazing though. At 1/3 volume the Polk 7's are at live levels and the ears are asking for more.
Thanks for the comments

[FLORIDAMIKE]

I've had a Marantz 2270 for years. Really strong, great sound. Rated at a laughable 70 wpc. Mine was bench tested at 105!
Well, I just got a pair of SDA2s. I'm in nirvana all over again