So are any of you guys into the old school stereo receivers?

[Bwana]

Most of these bad boys from the list below, are from the late 70's and early 80's and they haven't made anything that sounds the same since.

The raw clean power just isn't in todays products. I'm going to hunt something down for the man cave out in the shop to abuse the neighbors a bit. If you have some old school stuff, what is it, Yamaha, Sansui, Murantz or something else?

Monster Receiver Super List
25 years old or older with 100+ wpc

Akai AA-1200 - 120wpc B&O 8000 Beomaster - 100wpc Bose Spatial Control - 100wpc Carver The Receiver - 150wpc Concept 16.5 - 165wpc Concept 12.0D - 120wpc Concept 11.0 - 110wpc Fisher RS-1080 - 170wpc Fisher RS-2015 - 150 wpc Fisher RS-1060 - 125wpc Fisher RS-2010 - 100wpc Hitachi SR-2004 - 200wpc JVC JR-S600 II - 120wpc JVC JR-S600 - 120wpc JVC JR-S501 - 120wpc Kenwood KR-9050 - 200wpc Kenwood KR-9600 - 160wpc Kenwood KR-8010 - 125wpc Kenwood KR-9400 - 120wpc Kenwood KR-8050 DC - 120wpc Kenwood KR-1000/1000B - 120wpc Lafayette LR-120DB - 120wpc Luxman R-1120 - 120wpc Marantz 2600 - 300wpc Marantz 2500 - 250wpc Marantz 2385 - 185wpc Marantz 2330 - 130wpc Marantz 2330B - 130wpc Marantz SR9000G - 130wpc Marantz 2325 - 125wpc MCS MCS-3325 - 125wpc MCS MCS-3125 - 125wpc Nakamichi 730 - 105wpc Nikko NR-1415 - 175wpc Nikko NR-1219 - 100wpc Onkyo TX-8500 MkII - 160wpc Onkyo TX-8500 - 110wpc Onkyo TX-6500 MkII - 100wpc Optonica SA-5901 - 125wpc Optonica SA-5902 - 125wpc Optonica SA-5905 - 125wpc Philips AH-903 - 125wpc Pioneer SX-1980 - 270wpc Pioneer SX-1280 - 185wpc Pioneer SX-1250/5590 - 160wpc Pioneer SX-1050 - 120wpc Pioneer SX-1080 - 120wpc Pioneer SX-3900 - 120wpc Pioneer SX-D7000 - 120wpc Pioneer SX-1010 – 100wpc Pioneer SX-9 – 125wpc Project-One Mark 1500DC - 150wpc Realistic STA-2100 - 120wpc Realistic STA-2300 - 120wpc Rotel RX-1603 - 180wpc Rotel RX-1203 - 120wpc S.A.E. TWO R18 - 180wpc Sansui G-33000 - 300wpc Sansui G-22000 - 220wpc Sansui G-9700 - 200wpc Sansui G-8700 - 160wpc Sansui G-9000/901 - 160wpc Sansui 9900Z - 160wpc Sansui 8900Z - 125wpc Sansui 9090DB - 125wpc Sansui G-8000 - 120wpc Sansui G-7700 - 120wpc Sansui 9090 - 110wpc Sansui 7900Z - 100wpc Sanyo PLUS 200 - 200wpc Sanyo 130 Plus - 130wpc Sanyo JCX-2900 - 120wpc Scott(H.H) 390R - 120wpc Setton RS-660 - 120wpc Sherwood S-9910 - 100wpc Sherwood S-9910CP - 100wpc Sherwood S-110CP - 100wpc Sony STR-V7 - 150wpc Sony STR-7800D - 125wpc Sony STR-V6 - 115wpc Technics SA-1000 - 330wpc Technics SA-5770 - 185wpc Technics SA-5760 - 165wpc Technics SA-800 - 125wpc Technics SA-818 - 110wpc Technics SA-700 - 100wpc Technics SA-828 - 100wpc Toshiba SA-7150 - 150wpc Toshiba SA-7100 - 100wpc Wintec R-1120 - 120wpc Yamaha CR-3020 - 170wpc Yamaha R-2000 - 150wpc Yamaha CR-2040 - 120wpc Yamaha CR-2020 - 100wpc Yamaha R-1000 - 100wpc

[MIAdragon]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Low end, high end, budget?

Probably the best small speakers are Dynaudio, but they're pricey.

Love me some Dyn, I have their Esotar 3 way setup waiting to be installed in my DD.

[Bwana]

LOL now this was a blast from the past. I still have two monsters out in the Man Cave. I use one and have one all covered up as a back up.

[Dave Lane]

I have a B&O Beomaster and a Yamaha but none of them are receivers. Receivers are generally thought of as inferior to collectors. Tuners with seperate amps are what collectors or audiophiles prefer.

Receivers are very undesirable.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by MIAdragon

Love me some Dyn, I have their Esotar 3 way setup waiting to be installed in my DD.

I have a pair of original Klipsch Cornerhorns in the mancave, they truly rock and can literally shake the house.

[gblowfish]

I basically gave away one of my Yamaha Amps that had a separate tuner. It didn't have any HDMI, but it did have a great phono preamp. Now I can't play my vinyl because none of my amps have a phono preamp. I'll have to go buy a black box to hook my turntable back up. That Yamaha was fine, and the friend I gave it to has been using it.

[VAChief]

I had forgotten all about MCS (made for JCPenney). That was my first decent component set up. My friends snickered until they heard it and especially what I paid for it on sale and after my grandma's additional employee discount.

[ClevelandBronco]

Originally Posted by VAChief

I had forgotten all about MCS (made for JCPenney). That was my first decent component set up. My friends snickered until they heard it and especially what I paid for it on sale and after my grandma's additional employee discount.

Grandmas always had an angle on the best stereos.