Unreal prices


Watching a YouTube video about receiver wars of 1970 piqued my interest so I checked eBay.

Pioneer SX-1950 going for $5000 plus.

My lowly SX-1050 going for $1700.

Those prices, with deflation to the 70s, are list prices back then.  Kept their value. 😀
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A few years ago I plugged my SX-1050 into a current limiting device and fired it up. No smoke. Checked the speaker output for DC. None present. Connected a source and some speakers. Sounded fine. Only problem was the on-off switch was stiff. A little contact cleaner fixed that.

I know the caps should be replaced. I am not up to the task and I don’t know what it will cost to have it done.

Just had my Sony TC-K7 II rehabbed. My Pioneer PL-630 TT is in for repair now. The SX-1050 is the keystone to my ‘Disco Will Live Again’ system. Just don’t want it to hurt my JBL L-222 Disco speakers.
builder3,

I graduated DeVry in 1969. This type of soldering does not scare me. 😀  I watched a YouTube video about recapping a SX-1980. A daunting process just getting to the daughter boards.

Maybe it is time to turn off the TV and fire up the old soldering iron.