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RE: Pioneer, No Question

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In Reply to: RE: Pioneer, No Question posted by oldglide on September 16, 2007 at 06:29:32

I can't speak on the CT-1250 series, but the later Pioneer decks such as the CT-A9X, CT-93 etc are excellent. I personally have never cared much for Sony decks.

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RE: Pioneer, No Question - MHugo 10:27:45 09/17/07 (0)
Problem decks? I think (something mentioned here the other day) that Aiwa are hard to get right after they've been opened. My Aiwa AD-F270 is a source of frustration. TASCAM units can be overbiased on the internal trimpots by the service agents.

Sony? - No horrids with those yet - I have a TC-KE600S (same as the US voltage version the TC-KA2ES). It's perfect so far - very capable indeed. Otherwise I don't run my decks into the ground. I treat them like gold too. All the decks I have bought new, look like new. I have an Alpage AL-50 bought in 1983. It's possibly the best example in the world. Possibly, not probably, perhaps there's a certain Mr Sahamoto in downtown Yokohama.... Like cars, you get bad owners too.

Cheers all- MH
RE: Pioneer, No Question - MHugo 10:17:47 09/17/07 (1)
I have found this debate interesting - Pioneer. I have three Pioneers but they are all new generation Dolby S decks and just excellent.

But I always wondered about the CT-F800/900/1000/1250. Impressive to say the least and yet always on ebay getting flogged off with tons of high resolution photos and no commentary on sound ever. And why so many being sold?

Strange..thanks - MH
- RE: Pioneer, No Question - shoeihell@yahoo.com 09:19:50 09/18/07 (0)
  I have a 900 I got for next to nothing and then had that dubious guy (who advertised on ebay for awhile), restore it. You may remember him, for around $200 he would go "completely through" your Pioneer unit, breaking down motors, making them run faster than factory, replacing all rubber, calibrating etc. I waited over six months, was in the process of claiming against him (you had to pay all upfront) and magically, my deck was ready. Got it here, big dent in the top, can't get it to record off my TT without playback inaccuracies.....however off the FM radio, it's dead perfect recording copies. I'm not sure I understand that one....but I doubt if he calibrated it perfectly, as he said he would. I think the guy has the knowledge, just gave me a 'rush job' and he was hard up for cash-told me as much with a sad tale of his career.
  
  They're beautiful decks-the whole "Silver Series", but it will be my last one-in fact I will list it soon on ebay, wart and all.
  
  I would have liked to try the 1250....I think they are so popular for nostalgia reasons, not so much for performance. Inside, they are grossly mechanically complex and not for the average tinkerer. It was before microprocessors simplified all those mechanical relays.

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