My 1980 Pioneer Syscom component stereo

[Rob79]

Here's my 1980 Pioneer Syscom component stereo.

The system consists of:
- Pioneer SA-610 Amplifier
- Pioneer CT-F615 Cassette deck
- Pioneer TX-710 Digital Tuner
- Pioneer DT-500 Timer
- Pioneer HPM-100 4 Way speakers (200 watt versions)

I'm also using:
- 1986 Technics 1200 MK2 Turntable
- 1985 Sony CDP-302 CD Player
- Ikea Limhamn stainless steel shelf

videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vf8CKv01k8

http://youtu.be/gVNAHcpayFU

Pictures:









Sony cdp-302

[emphatic]

Looks great. Really like the choice of Ikea furniture for it, very classy.

[CMoon]

Damn sexy!

[railslave]

"Sweet Jamaican pipe dreams" with that thing !!

[drauch]

I love how nice your older electronics look, man. I see stuff like this on a daily basis, but it's usually covered in mud and rust and dents. So nice to see it properly cared for and still working.

[Rob79]

I love how nice your older electronics look, man. I see stuff like this on a daily basis, but it's usually covered in mud and rust and dents. So nice to see it properly cared for and still working.

All my vintage stuff I collect is minty, clean, and all works.

[CkRtech]

Wow! That looks really sharp.

[Ed Oscuro]

VFDs all over the place! I miss the colorful old ones.

[D]

Sick! thanks for sharing!

[null1024]

It's been so long since I've seen that little "It's a Sony" mark.

And christ, that's some really striking product design.
Really well kept from those pics too, you'd swear they weren't around thirty years old.

[DataDream]

Very slick looking setup, I'm using an old Denon stereo HT as computer speakers and they sound pretty nice. This is on another level though, very inspiring.

If I knew anything about audio equipment, I'd definitely try to hunt down parts to make a cool setup too.

[Skykid]

Loving your retro tech Rob! Although it's difficult for me to pinpoint why exactly, I have a feeling your collecting/preservation habit is extremely worthwhile, and at one point will be recognised as such.

Loving the Pioneer. The LED's and colours are really nice against the platinum facade. I want to twiddle its knobs.

[Rob79]

Loving your retro tech Rob! Although it's difficult for me to pinpoint why exactly, I have a feeling your collecting/preservation habit is extremely worthwhile, and at one point will be recognised as such.

Loving the Pioneer. The LED's and colours are really nice against the platinum facade. I want to twiddle its knobs.

Thanks.
I collect just for the fun of it. When you realize and understand the old stuff is so nice and made so well, it becomes a habit to go to estate sales, flea markets and garage sales to try and hunt this vintage stuff down.

Here's some other pics of my collections.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/robcrx/sets/

[RegalSin]

My father usted to own a whole set of these things, including the reel to reel. Of course time passed and soon he dumpted it, and or sold it off.

I also had the matching 8-track FM/AM radio to that set, until it was infested, and left when abandoned.

I really miss those products, the record player is quite common, in the wild.

[Domino]

How can you listen on the CDP-302? I heard one in the pass and it was pretty dreadful and full of digital hardness on the highs.

[Rob79]

How can you listen on the CDP-302? I heard one in the pass and it was pretty dreadful and full of digital hardness on the highs.

It is actually very detailed.
What do you listen to ? MP3 ?

Here's a good read

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showth ... p?t=271655

http://thestereoclub.blogspot.ca/2009/0 ... layer.html

[Domino]

How can you listen on the CDP-302? I heard one in the pass and it was pretty dreadful and full of digital hardness on the highs.

It is actually very detailed.
What do you listen to ? MP3 ?

Here's a good read

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showth ... p?t=271655

http://thestereoclub.blogspot.ca/2009/0 ... layer.html

I use a CD Transport to a DAC/Amp (Audio GD Compass 2 with dual WM8741) then to a pair of Grado RS2-i. No where near MP3s.

[rapoon]

How can you listen on the CDP-302? I heard one in the pass and it was pretty dreadful and full of digital hardness on the highs.

It is actually very detailed.
What do you listen to ? MP3 ?

Here's a good read

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showth ... p?t=271655

http://thestereoclub.blogspot.ca/2009/0 ... layer.html

has a "subcode out" right?

nice looking system. far too retro for my tastes (and those 4-ways.....wow.....) but it's still very clean.

I like the ikea furniture too. goes very well with the components.

[system11]

Nice - a proper hifi system I used to love the vintage stuff, my PCB habit means I don't have space for one anymore. The only things I have left are a couple of Marantz CD-63 CD players which I pulled out of the cupboard over the weekend and cleaned them up - both working! Glitch on the display for one of them, hoping to fix that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgk_YIy22Lw

[Rob79]

Just spent 2 hours trying to calibrate the cassette deck playback and record levels.
What a pain in the arse !
I think I finally nailed it !

[quash]

Woah, that's some nice stuff man. Tell me you have an appropriately paired set of cans for when the neighbors complain.

[Rob79]

Woah, that's some nice stuff man. Tell me you have an appropriately paired set of cans for when the neighbors complain.

I just recorded my first cassette in like 20 years. Sounds great in my car !