This is a Pioneer Stereo Receiver SX-850 from just about 50 years ago.
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And if you believe it, this was NOT their most powerful amplifier at the time.
The flagship model could do over 250W sustained per channel and would start reaching the limits of power consumption on a standard 15A home outlet.
@thomasfuchs
“Back to Mono!” -
@vandenberglegs if they work well, definitely don’t pull them apart because you’d probably have to replace foam that gets brittle over time
@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.
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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”?
@thomasfuchs No age verification.
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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”?
@thomasfuchs my old amp is only 25W/ channel but plenty loud. H H Scott type 299 from 1958.
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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”?
@thomasfuchs might be thinking of the wrong company but i'm fairly certain pioneer used to give you schematics along with their amps too -
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”?
@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… -
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”?
@thomasfuchs
But FM radio is shutting down in favor of digital radio. -
@vandenberglegs if they work well, definitely don’t pull them apart because you’d probably have to replace foam that gets brittle over time
@thomasfuchs @vandenberglegs I recently refoamed some speakers. It wasn’t nearly as bad as I imagined it would be
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@thomasfuchs
> Can you do this with modern technology?
Yes.@503bartley @thomasfuchs You are correct that it COULD be done.
But it won't be, because "shareholder value" and other such nonsense.
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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”?
@thomasfuchs rescued from my parents garage, recapped, some new switches and LED lights. It just works.
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@thomasfuchs I really hope I can find someone willing to part with an old setup like that, one day.
I can hear those switches.
@tehstu Words cannot describe how solid and good these controls feel
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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”?
@thomasfuchs
Ha. That's what my folks had for ages. -
@thomasfuchs my old amp is only 25W/ channel but plenty loud. H H Scott type 299 from 1958.
@heppycat what a beauty
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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”?
@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.
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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”?
As soon as FM radio is replaced by DAB with DRM (as ATSC is posed to do in the near future), that gadget will sadly become an elegant paperweight. -
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”?
I feel every house had one of these in the 70's, ours did. It sounds great and still looks good.
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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”?
@thomasfuchs @nuintari
Holy shit are those expensive on ebay! -
R relay@relay.infosec.exchange shared this topic
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As soon as FM radio is replaced by DAB with DRM (as ATSC is posed to do in the near future), that gadget will sadly become an elegant paperweight.
@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.
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@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.
Or until DRM makes digital to analog converters unusable, although that one is harder to justify in the market.
