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Posted on June 16, 2014 at 08:51:05
truep
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 Does anyone remember the old Nikko ( maybe Niko)501 receivers? It was the first receiver I bought in 1969 after I out out of the army. As I remember it had germanium output transistors, and sounded great! I'd like to find one just to see! I kept it till I bought a Marantz 4440 in 74.

 

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RE: Nikko, posted on June 16, 2014 at 10:49:16
Cleantimestream
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Location: Kentucky
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 Here is one {buy it now} that looks in really good shape.

Nikko has always been under rated.




The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.

 

RE: Nikko, posted on June 17, 2014 at 04:20:26
BCR
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Location: connecticut
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 Many moons ago I had a Nikko Gamma 1 fm tuner. It was one of the better tuners I have owned since! Very underrated gear.

 

RE: Nikko, posted on June 17, 2014 at 08:21:46
truep
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Posts: 375
Location: Texas
Joined: March 28, 2004
 I might take a shot at that, tho it's almost as much as I paid for mine new!
I don't remember if mine was model 501 or 501s. I wonder if the S stands for silicon. I know mine had germanium outputs because I had to replace one!

 

RE: Nikko STA-501, posted on June 17, 2014 at 16:27:08
mhardy6647
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Link below should be it :-)
all the best,
mrh

 

RE: Nikko, posted on June 19, 2014 at 09:50:29
BigguyinATL
Manufacturer

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Joined: April 10, 2002
 Yup - owned on in College - used at a a pretty decent tuner into my system until I gave it to a GF that needed a stereo..
"The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat" - Confucius

 

That's not a Nikko, it's a JVC Nivico that the seller has misspelled. nt, posted on June 22, 2014 at 07:54:01
viridian
 nt

 

RE: Nikko, posted on July 25, 2014 at 13:45:45
Kindablue
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 I have a vintage Nikko tuner it is a great tuner, I forget the model number off hand but there is a tuner site that has a lot of info on tuners been a while since I visited it what was the name of that tuner site? Really informational great site if you are looking for tuners which I have a lot of.
Just had to jump in.

 

RE: Nikko, posted on July 25, 2014 at 18:19:18
BCR
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Location: connecticut
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 fmtunerinfo.com

 

RE: Nikko, posted on July 28, 2014 at 10:57:24
Brian Levy
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Location: Toronto
Joined: June 5, 2000
 And, never give your stereo to a girlfriend.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada

 

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