Reader's Digest Int. Amp??? What???

Junk, posted on April 17, 2015 at 19:04:21
Triode_Kingdom Audiophile Posts: 10048 Location: Central Texas Joined: September 24, 2006	Sorry, 40W AC power consumption, probably no more than 10-12W/ch of poor quality audio output. Likely made by SoundDesign or Lloyds, the typical 8 oz. "box of air" masquerading as a hi-fi component. Even if I was still listening to solid-state, I wouldn't have something like this in my house.

RE: Junk, posted on April 17, 2015 at 19:45:48
Coner Audiophile Posts: 3703 Location: S.W. Washington state, USA Joined: November 17, 2001	Correct. Obvious cheap construction typical of Lloyds, etc. I'd just give it to Goodwill to be recycled.

RE: Junk, posted on April 18, 2015 at 05:59:40
tesla Audiophile Posts: 3180 Location: San Diego County, California Joined: October 25, 2000	Giving it to Goodwill will mean some other poor sap will have to put up with it. How about blowing it up, or better yet, take it to a electronics recycling center. Proudly serving content-free posts since 1984.

RE: Reader's Digest Int. Amp??? What???, posted on April 18, 2015 at 06:35:55
BCR Audiophile Posts: 2446 Location: connecticut Joined: April 7, 2009	Most likely made by Sansui and renamed for Readers Digest. It looks like vintage Sansui gear. Whatever it is ,it is still dumpster fodder!

Contra Position, posted on April 18, 2015 at 07:50:18

Brian Levy
Audiophile

Posts: 2438
Location: Toronto
Joined: June 5, 2000

May be junk or decent. I have seen some poorly built stuff that actually sounded decent. At 10-12 watts is sufficient to push many speakers. Big question is whether the phono is high or low level. If high level then another input for a dvd, cd, etc.

I would keep it for a couple of reasons. It can make a good test amp for the bench or, maybe a decent enough build under the hood that it might make for a good project. Maybe a half dozen caps, a few diodes, a couple of resistors and maybe lower distortion and noise levels.

I remember the Readers Digest amps and tuners. Never saw one that looked this good, though. In fact the tuners were quite enjoyable with local stations. The amps were what I would class as a chip amp today. If nothing else, dump it on the computer line output and throw in a pair of Minimus 7s.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada

They DO recycle scrap electronics...here, anyway...NT, posted on April 18, 2015 at 08:07:50
Coner Audiophile Posts: 3703 Location: S.W. Washington state, USA Joined: November 17, 2001	.

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Reader's Digest Int. Amp??? What???

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