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RE: Vintage SS Japanese receivers.... the time is past?

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In Reply to: RE: Vintage SS Japanese receivers.... the time is past? posted by Mossback on October 16, 2016 at 09:20:47

There are a bunch of older units that are worth looking at if you want to go that route-
Pioneer has many followers - the gear was well build originally and usually does not need too much "replaced"
there are a few Yamaha fans here - and they will readily sing the praises (I have purchased an older Yamaha for my father- he is very happy)
The Kenwood kit seem to be in third place - though they had some of the best tuners of the period-
The Luxman equipment can be good if it is not one of the too complicated models - retractable face plate, etc.

There are some other 'house' brands that were made in Japan - MCS comes to mind - that have some redeeming aspects - but i have no experience with them -

Happy Listening

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Funny story about a MCS 3253 - airtime 07:39:02 10/17/16 (0)
A beast of a receiver that a person I know actually shop lifted.

When I was a young man me and a few guys ended up in a Korvettes with one of the local "bad kids" His 17 or 18? birthday was coming up and he told us that if he got caught he would still be charged as a minor. He also said that shop lifting is all attitude. His plan was to look pissed that his stereo didn't work and he was trying to return it. Ok that was HIS story.

Darn if he didn't unplug it, pick it up and walk two floors down and right out the front door.
RE: Vintage SS Japanese receivers.... the time is past? - SoundMann 06:29:02 10/17/16 (2)
MCS? Many of them appeared to be manufactured by Emerson and Sanyo, just as the lower-cost Realistics did.
- Not sure about receivers, but MCS turntables were made by Technics. - alaskahiatt 10:01:50 10/17/16 (1)
  Whenever my kid's dust covers break on their Technics SL-QXX turntables, I find cheap MCS copies that fit exactly. These are the dust covers that have plastic protrusions on the back that slide into metal hinges. Most of the MCS tables are the cheaper servo type instead of the quartz controlled variety.
  - RE: Not sure about receivers, but MCS turntables were made by Technics. - Bold Eagle 18:50:54 10/28/16 (0)
    Some of the MCS receivers were from Technics; but later and lower end models were not and really sucked.
    
    Jerry

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