Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
.....I chose Pioneer's SX-780 because of the toggles and the tuning smoothness. If I remember, Sears Audio by Fisher was selling, by volume, more than many of the individual makers. Major warfare was going on between Sansui, Pioneer, Marantz, and others. There were about a dozen "names" vying for the audio dollar, and some of the ads in magazines like Omni, etc were stunning.
I chose the 780 because it was the best I could afford at that time. As I sit listening to it 34 years later while typing this, I figure I got a pretty good bang for the buck.
Ya know Robbie, these are still around and it probably wouldn't cost you more than $100 or so to snag a nice one. On the local CL, there is a fellow selling a nice SX-1250 for $450. I'm thinking of calling..... I don't know why.
FWIW, I had to go to the local stereo repair today to get a front panel bulb for the SX-780 ($4). He said he had a SX-1980 in the shop about a month ago that he reconditioned and re-sold for $1,300. That's $5 more than the 1978 MSRP, and even at that I think it was a fair price.
Originally Posted by
RobbieTunes
To this day, I do not watch music videos, in general. I just don't see the point.
Not music video's exactly, but concert DVD's are worth checking out. This, to me, is the real reason for having a home theater system with the multichannel output and a HD TV. I just watched
Diana Krall Live in Paris last night. Really, really spellbinding. And, there's a lot of marvelous content out there - SRV, Tom Petty, Eagles, Albert Collins, Eric Clapton..... you name it. It is by far the best application for the new A/V technology.....especially now that reality tv crap is currently king in the TV/cable world.