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RPA-1 Man's Current Main System

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RPA-1 Man's Current Main System

Pioneer SX-950 Receiver, Pioneer PL-518 Turntable with Shure V15 Type IV Phono Cartridge, Carver C-9 Sonic Holography Generator, Pioneer SR-303 Reverberation Amplifier, Pioneer RG-2 Dynamic Range Expander, DBX 231 Graphic Equalizer, Pioneer DT-500 Audio Timer, Pioneer P-D70 CD Player, Yamaha K-1000 3-Head Cassette Deck w/DBX and finally Pioneer HPM-100 Speakers

 

The smaller, powered Pioneer S-DJ80 speakers on top of the HPM-100's are connected to the Vizio television.

 

 

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Kurt

Love the old silver face receivers.  That's a beautiful Pioneer.

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3M_Audio

And I love the Pioneer reverb with the cool 3D light effect. I just picked one of those up for repair recently - a neat unit.

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On 2/15/2024 at 3:46 PM, Kurt said:

Love the old silver face receivers.  That's a beautiful Pioneer.

Thanks! I'm very happy with this receiver. It has really curbed my thirst for buying more receivers. I picked it up for $600. The protection circuit would randomly engage. Turned out to be a bad zener diode on the protection board. After the repair I did a full recap and replaced known faulty transistors. It sounds amazing to my ears. It is rated at 85w/ch which is way more than I ever use.

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On 2/15/2024 at 6:16 PM, 3M_Audio said:

And I love the Pioneer reverb with the cool 3D light effect. I just picked one of those up for repair recently - a neat unit.

Have you started working on it? What are your thoughts?

 

It looks pretty cool but you have to be judicious with with the settings as it's not hard to go overboard with the reverb effect.

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3M_Audio

I pulled it out and plugged it in and was pleased to see the original incandescent display lights all worked as they should. It looks completely original and it hasn't been messed with. I did some quick listening and you are correct - it's very easy to go overboard with the reverb effect :)

 

Long ago when I did some recording studio work, reverb was always a friend. With location recordings (usually a vocal and 3-5 instruments), I used to pick up the channel signals, send them out to an Alesis Midiverb, then mix a little bit of it into a left/right return. Created a nice room effect.

 

Like all the equipment I work on, I'll go through this one I have and check all the specs and probably minimally replace the power supply capacitors. Should be a fun project.

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I'm not sure if you're aware but the push button switches are a known weak point on these units. I had to replace one on my reverb unit and I think one on my RG-2 Dynamic Range Expander of the same generation. It sounds like yours are working fine so far. Cool!

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