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Chris had a great site with excellent photographs and comments about the classic TOTL monster receivers. Unfortunately he took the site down.
Now it is being brought back under new ownership.
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A very capable beast.
Pete did you ever get my email about the woofers?
This site needs to add info about the KR-9600 also.
I will look for it. I am interested.
Thanks.
I don't think he had a KR-9600, but does have the KR-9050 200 wpc monster.
You'd think the author of the site had never heard of Phase Linear, Dunlap-Clarke, GAS, Threshold, etc.
The site is a celebration of monster receivers only. The original site owner, Chris, included TOTL receivers he owns. He has quite the remarkable collection.
Chris took the site down and it is now being rebuilt by several others.
I find some comments regarding separates to be incorrect....to produce a bigger, more powerful, more feature-laden, and, generally, more expensive, Stereo Receiver than had ever gone before. Strangely, this phenomenon didn't happen with separates, just Receivers.
Sure it did. I clearly remember the earliest ads for the Phase Linear 700 with a picture of Stravinksky on it.
Heck, if that were the objective, then the Marantz 19 and even the lower priced 18 should be listed. Few receivers hit the price of a 19 even the totl during the power wars. As for features, more switches, controls, etc. means more insertions into the signal path and hence degradation of the signal. 1 reason why the 18 and 19 were such killers with their minimalist designs rather than trying to make them look like a cockpit of an airliner.
Interesting site and I hope it gets established and grows as a resource for owners and to preserve what may be the zenith for receivers in terms of the format's potential. However, I have 1 comment about his statements and that is the publics perception of Japanese receivers before these were intorduced. By the time the first of these were brought out US made receivers had all but disappeared. The US had realized the Japanese produced some quality products many years before during the tube era and were buying everything that was imported in. Most of it though was flowing through the military PXs due to the occupation and economic program by the US to establish a strong independent Japanese economy. GIs returning from Korea and Japan were loaded down with Roberts and Sony tape decks, Sansui, Pilot, Trio and other tuners, amps and receivers. When these landed in the US neighbors and friends saw what could be bought against the US products and the frenzy was on but the Japanese had little distributor presence here.By the advent of the SS era and despite the Sony and Superscope dispute, ditributor channels were in place and starting to work. US companies helped establish Japanses SS as fast as the distributors when Fisher introduced its Japanese units that had probably been engineered in the US and were production developed here as well. With the Lafayette LR1000 and 1500T, and the company's distribution network, Japanese products were well established in the public's eye as as good as US units. There were some dealers who held out and some buying public as well who still held feelings about the war that pushed back.
Brian,
Right on. I used to deal with the David Dean Smith stores in CT and in the very early 70's they sold Pioneer and Sony (electronics only, no speakers) as lower priced, high quality alternatives to their McIntosh line. (before Pioneer showed up on every corner) They were well received as good products in those days and in A-B demos, the Pioneers held up very well against the Macs. This was the era of the SX-990 and 1500 TD and the following year the SX-727 and 828. Sony had the STR-6050 and similar models. At that time, most of us thought Pioneer had the better styling and sound over Sony with the McIntosh line as the standard of comparison in both areas.Fair Trade Laws were still in force at that time, so everything was sold at list except phono carts when sold with a turntable.
I have a Mc system from that time. Bought it new. Until recently nothing I've had got me not to need a Mc fix at least monthly. A lot of stuff sounded godd but always needed mt Mc. What is the unit? Not a esoteric high end system but a Sont STR6060FW 2nd from the totl Sony line around the time of the 6050. Have the totl STR6120 coming and persons having both the 6060 and 6120 say the 6120 is thge better. Surprisingly, it seems before I found and started talking about the 6060 few knew of it and now a number have found them and after getting the tuners sorted out have found them to be the best of their receivers. The mpx on these all seem to need help. The build of the 6060 is as good as any ss receiver built in the US and incuding a Mc.
I echo Brian's words about the Sony.I also have a 6060FW receiver and it's a fabulous piece of equipment. It's built like a brick sheeethouse. Shielding all over the place. I can't imagine it taking a back seat to any receiver build wise.
I'm listening to it at the moment, driving a pair of AR 10pi's, and the sound is blissful.
Get ready for the lawyers!
I smell a lawsuite!
No huge quad stuff though. Some of them sure are monsters.Thanks I enjoyed it.
Let's hope it stays around awhile. Thanks for the link.
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