<![CDATA[This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago.]]>This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago.

It’s not spying on you.
It doesn’t need firmware updates.
There’s no subscription.
It’s widely compatible with other audio equipment from other manufacturers.
It won’t suddenly decide you can’t listen to explicit lyrics anymore.
It won’t “autocorrect” you, interrupt you with notifications or get hijacked by a botnet.
If a component breaks, it’s pretty easy fixable, even by amateurs.

It still works great, sounds great and looks great and it will probably do so for another 50 years. It’s a piece of useful electronics that you can hand down for literally generations.

Can you do this with modern technology?

Why is modern technology considered “better”?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/31d29fa2-cab7-4fc3-822b-7683b2060c6f/this-is-a-pioneer-stereo-receiver-sx-850-from-just-about-50-years-ago.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 08:03:33 GMTMon, 01 Jun 2026 23:29:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:24:17 GMT]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hub.azkware.net/objects/6e2ecb8d-156a-1e5a-f180-3cd248493487https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hub.azkware.net/objects/6e2ecb8d-156a-1e5a-f180-3cd248493487Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:24:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:59:21 GMT]]>@csolisr even if FM does get deprecated in the US(doubtful), it's a stereo receiver, not just a radio. You can easily adapt any electronic audio device to a format it'll accept with no major loss of fidelity.

This thing won't lose its purpose until electricity is deprecated.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/prokyonid/statuses/116678273351156855https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/prokyonid/statuses/116678273351156855Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:59:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:01:16 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs @nuintari
Holy shit are those expensive on ebay!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/FritzAdalis/statuses/116678044995880315https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/FritzAdalis/statuses/116678044995880315Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:01:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:52:32 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs

I feel every house had one of these in the 70's, ours did. It sounds great and still looks good.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oscarfalcon/statuses/116678010648088994https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/oscarfalcon/statuses/116678010648088994Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:52:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:52:05 GMT]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hub.azkware.net/objects/6e2ecb8d-346a-1e37-45d2-6ba918976118https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hub.azkware.net/objects/6e2ecb8d-346a-1e37-45d2-6ba918976118Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:52:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:51:40 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs my dad still has his Pioneer setup from 50 years ago. It sounds great, and the only thing that needed fixing was the direct drive record player - the rubber drive band had perished. I used to play my guitars through the amp, and still think it is the best sound I have ever got.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Harries/statuses/116678007246661856https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Harries/statuses/116678007246661856Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:51:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:49:16 GMT]]>@heppycat what a beauty

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/116677997756698976https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/116677997756698976Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:49:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:49:07 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs
Ha. That's what my folks had for ages.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116677997182076154https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116677997182076154Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:49:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:48:46 GMT]]>@tehstu Words cannot describe how solid and good these controls feel

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/116677995793285279https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/116677995793285279Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:48:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:21:53 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs rescued from my parents garage, recapped, some new switches and LED lights. It just works.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/BabblingGeek/statuses/116677890097747080https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/BabblingGeek/statuses/116677890097747080Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:21:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:21:09 GMT]]>@503bartley @thomasfuchs You are correct that it COULD be done.

But it won't be, because "shareholder value" and other such nonsense.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nurglerider/statuses/116677887218236421https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nurglerider/statuses/116677887218236421Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:21:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:12:52 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs @vandenberglegs I recently refoamed some speakers. It wasn’t nearly as bad as I imagined it would be 😆

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heppycat/statuses/116677854683617093https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heppycat/statuses/116677854683617093Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:12:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:11:37 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs
But FM radio is shutting down in favor of digital radio.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooting.ch/users/insl/statuses/116677849765268593https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tooting.ch/users/insl/statuses/116677849765268593Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:11:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:02:12 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs
(Sorry, bad pic) yeah, funny my 70’s vintage Kenwood is just the same! I even got a fiber transducer a month ago to hook a different video input into it! Cost $9 and worked the first time.
Go figure…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/mildpeach/statuses/116677812688228759https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/mildpeach/statuses/116677812688228759Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:02:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:58:53 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs might be thinking of the wrong company but i'm fairly certain pioneer used to give you schematics along with their amps too]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://soc.megatokyo.moe/objects/f2c46abe-ee8f-441a-a791-b39f64db31c8https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://soc.megatokyo.moe/objects/f2c46abe-ee8f-441a-a791-b39f64db31c8Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:58:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:52:37 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs my old amp is only 25W/ channel but plenty loud. H H Scott type 299 from 1958.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heppycat/statuses/116677775012076361https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/heppycat/statuses/116677775012076361Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:52:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:51:45 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs No age verification.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/SamuraiSakura/statuses/116677771649109769https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/SamuraiSakura/statuses/116677771649109769Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:51:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:46:19 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs Yeah, there's no way I'm doing anything to them. They've survived many moves and abuse at sharehouse parties, I do not want to tempt fate now that they've found a safe space to see out their days.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vandenberglegs/statuses/116677750252757843https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/vandenberglegs/statuses/116677750252757843Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:46:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:42:01 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs
“Back to Mono!”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AccordionBruce/statuses/116677733327187608https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AccordionBruce/statuses/116677733327187608Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:42:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:41:20 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs
> Can you do this with modern technology?
Yes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/503bartley/statuses/116677730683512064https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/503bartley/statuses/116677730683512064Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:41:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:40:06 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs
I've missed old tech an awful lot lately, and seeing the awesome analog displays and controls has me dying for it now.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/erraggy/statuses/116677725846978911https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/erraggy/statuses/116677725846978911Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:40:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:31:25 GMT]]>@thomasfuchs 😍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116292731855692662/statuses/116677691666163932https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116292731855692662/statuses/116677691666163932Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:31:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:28:22 GMT]]>@erynofwales it’s such a joy to use this thing with all senses

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/116677679680278861https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/thomasfuchs/statuses/116677679680278861Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:28:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago. on Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:27:47 GMT]]>@vandenberglegs if they work well, definitely don’t pull them apart because you’d probably have to replace foam that gets brittle over time 😅

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