21st October 2012
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#1 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 107
Thread Starter | What is this thing called?
I feel like a dumb, but for the life of me I have no idea what to call this! It's just an old power amp for home entertainment systems. The silver guy that powers my speakers. 
I need to replace it for thte chepa and I imagine craigslist will have just the thing - problem is I don't know what to call it and "home entertainment power amp" ain't cutting it.
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21st October 2012
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#2 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 1,499
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stereo receiver
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21st October 2012
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#3 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2010
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ha! gracias
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21st October 2012
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#4 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jan 2012
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You are welcome.
I found a nice Yamaha receiver at a Goodwill store. Sometimes you can find a deal there if you have one in your area.
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22nd October 2012
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#5 | | Gear Head
Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Oregon
Posts: 31
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Old school wow man a real stereo receiver! Now hook up a turntable & spin some records! Analog bliss!
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22nd October 2012
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#6 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 107
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its what im mixing on these days. somedays the left speaker doesn't sound, some days it's the right - takes a lot of jiggling to get right and even then I have to use the balance because one of them is way quieter. That bit might be my cables though. has helped leaps and bounds above mixing in headphones thoug :D
Good advice on the goodwill. have a couple around here.
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22nd October 2012
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#7 | | Richard Gear
Joined: Jan 2012
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It's the tuner inside that makes it a receiver. If you don't need the radio, you can just get an intergrated amplifier.
There are tonnes of them floating around.
The 70's ones are the best. Brands like Sansui, Marantz, Pioneer, Harmon Kardon etc are all great. Dollar for dollar, they kill modern amp's.
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23rd October 2012
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#8 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Detroit
Posts: 861
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Originally Posted by TheBrightSide  It's the tuner inside that makes it a receiver. If you don't need the radio, you can just get an intergrated amplifier.
There are tonnes of them floating around.
The 70's ones are the best. Brands like Sansui, Marantz, Pioneer, Harmon Kardon etc are all great. Dollar for dollar, they kill modern amp's. | Actually, the brands you list are primarily Japanese and they were knockoffs of American made products. 
The BEST audio equipment ever made was American brands such as McIntosh (highly regarded as the among audio equipment ever made), The Fisher, H. H. Scott, Audio Research, Sherwood, Carver, among other high end American made manufacturers. And, American made audio is still alive and well - such as McIntosh, Carver, etc. This is why the Japanese - then and today - prefer American made audio to their knockoffs.  | |
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7th January 2013
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#9 | | Gear nut
Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 107
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glad I checked this thread again. It started to behave pretty well without fuss but I think the left channel is dying. Gonna see if there is any amp repair guys in town but if there's only the one I know of...probably best to find a used in better condition @_@
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8th January 2013
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#10 | | Lives for gear
Joined: Jan 2012
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Originally Posted by DamnYankee Actually, the brands you list are primarily Japanese and they were knockoffs of American made products.
The BEST audio equipment ever made was American brands such as McIntosh (highly regarded as the among audio equipment ever made), The Fisher, H. H. Scott, Audio Research, Sherwood, Carver, among other high end American made manufacturers. And, American made audio is still alive and well - such as McIntosh, Carver, etc. This is why the Japanese - then and today - prefer American made audio to their knockoffs. | Don't knock the Japanese models. Sansui, Hitachi, etc. made some very good amps in the 70s (Hitachi's parts were used in a lot of receivers, including good ol' 'merican ones).
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