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http://www.vintagetechnics.com/cdplayers/slp1200.htm
VERY NICE, I've never seen this model before.

It's really heavy, had a lot of DJ type features with the wheel and=20
stuff. You could slam your fist down next to it, hard enough to make it=20
bounce, and it just played on. It still works fine, but the display is=20
barely visible without any lights on...too bad, it looks new.
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http://www.vintagetechnics.com/receivers/sa1000.htm
Also a pleasure to look at, no solid black cabinet there, this is exactly=
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what I mean, they don't make this kind of equipment anymore. Everything=
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in modern units has been integrated for remote control purposes (never=20
mind that it's cheaper to manufacture as well, ergo higher profits).=20

Well, it had it's faults, one, the tuner was kind of noisy, digital=20
receivers weren't that great yet. Two, it was a hot runner, even just=20
sitting there listening to headphones. Three, it had a lot of cold=20
solder joints on the preamp section that we finally solved by taking it=20
apart (what an amazing amount of of screws and stuff) and pulling the=20
preamp out and hitting every joint that didn't look perfect. That fixed=20
it and it ran fine until 91 or so, when the transformer smoked itself.=20

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Regards,=20
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Dr. Artaud
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I had this one for almost 25 years, a friend has it now, running the=20
power amp only for the rear surround channels:
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Panasonic SA-6500 am/fm receiver (No PIC damnit!)
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I bought and then sold a whole bunch more of these. I could get them
for $212 each, plus $5 UPS shipping. I sold about a dozen during my
freshman year of=20
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It was built like a tank, the chassis was almost totally solid
aluminum, and what wasn't was sheet steel. It had the Panasonic name
on the front, but the whole insides were labeled "Technics, by
Panasonic". The only weak thing it had was the sliders for volume,
tone, and balance. They started getting scratchy about 1983 when it
was 10, and got intolerable a couple years later. I couldn't find
those slider pots anywhere.=20
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The green "thermometer" tuning indicator was nice to look at too.
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