Classic Stereo's

[Roscoroo]

Hey any of you guys into Old stereos ??

Or still have there old Killer Sansui, Pioneer, marantz,kenwood, ect ?

Well ive got several of them .. but I need to get my pride and joy fixed , the only problem is I need to have a service manual befor i hand it over to my Friend to get it fixed .

What i need is a copy of a schematics/service manual for a Kenwood model eleven GX (yes its the monster of the monster Recievers ) aka KR-11000GX
I purchased this way back when i was in the AF and lost the manual over the years .

If any of you have this manual id be very interested in it .

Stolen pic

[Gunslinger]

OMG I think my parents HAD that exact same modle.  That sucker was a beast.  It had vacume tubes in it that would glow.  I bet the thing still works to this day.

[Nilsen]

You get the Onkyo brand over there?

I have a HIFI (amp and cd player) in my cave with some Mission speakers. Nice sound.
Maybe not very classical tho, early 90's I think.

-edit- 1988 models

DX-530 integra cd player and A8170 integra amp

[Roscoroo]

mines set up with 1 pair cerwin vega s-2's,
A pair of Bose 501's , and a custom set of 15 inch pyles in speakerlab boxes.  as in the lights dim , windows crack ,and breakers pop when this puppy gets turned up .(1100 watts total rms )
  they made a stepped down version that you could get in the states that was 600 watts  rms. (i see these on ebay all the time fir around $400 )

yes ive seen Onkyo's befor  .

i like the  late 60's to early 80's stuff , theres nothing to compare with the old tube regulated amps sound wise and cant be reproduced digitaly . (the crackle fizzzzzzzzle ....... Snap!  of one firing up is music in its self )

[Frazzy]

Classic stereos?  You mean there is new stuff????   Man o man, I use a Pioneer reel to reel tape deck still.  I actually have 2 reel to reel decks hooked up at the monent.  People who hear it is amazed it works and wonder what it is.  Its very hard to beat a reel to reel deck  for fidelity especially at 7 1/2 " speeds and better.  Also, I use a vacuum tube preamp.  Nothing sweeter than the sound of warm tubes.  A 325 watt per channel rms solid state power amp to excite my Magnepan SMGa  planar speakers.  I also use a classic Kenwood tuner and use a power conditioner on all of the equipment.

[Frazzy]

I dang near forgot that down in my model airplane  building room I have a set of Janszen electrostatic speakers, model 400, made in 1958.  I power them with a dynaco tube amp which is 35 watts rms per channel.  A tube watt is like the equivalent to a car engine rated at the taxable horsepower.  In other words, it is a real, genuine, watt of power.

[Roscoroo]

Remember the killer 8 track teac real to reals .. i had Dark side of the moon (the live Wemblely version) recorded in Quad way back when ... those were the days ... hunting for "Master" recordings was a blast too.  pink noise generators , cement filled turntables .... muhahahahaa

[DREDIOCK]

Udes to have an old Dynaco Amp & preamp my father built  from a kit back in the early 70's. Least I think thats what they were named.
LOL I remember he wanted me to hold a resistor or something for him while he soldered it in place and he said and I quote" You move it even a little bit while Im doing this and I'll break you arm"

Nothing like putting a little pressure on a kid not to screw up.
Man I was like a statue. A bomb coulda went off and I wasnt gonna move. LOL

they are long gone but I still have a pair of the original Bose 901 series speakers.

Still sound great too

[Fruda]

Originally posted by Frazzy
Classic stereos?  You mean there is new stuff????   Man o man, I use a Pioneer reel to reel tape deck still.  I actually have 2 reel to reel decks hooked up at the monent.  People who hear it is amazed it works and wonder what it is.  Its very hard to beat a reel to reel deck  for fidelity especially at 7 1/2 " speeds and better.  Also, I use a vacuum tube preamp.  Nothing sweeter than the sound of warm tubes.  A 325 watt per channel rms solid state power amp to excite my Magnepan SMGa  planar speakers.  I also use a classic Kenwood tuner and use a power conditioner on all of the equipment.

Holy. Crap.

Dude... How much did that cost?

[culero]

Roscoroo, there's this neat thing called "Google"....

check this page out

Next to the last entry.

culero

[Roscoroo]

Yea thats the guy thats in England .. i may have to use him .

i'm currently awaiting a reply email from the guy at audiomanuals thats out here near Seattle. or see If one of you guys may have one ... ya never know unless ya ask eh .

[Frazzy]

You guys know that they still make brand new tube equipment, don't you?  Yes, there are still a few companies making vacuum tubes, China and Russia mainly.  The link below is just one tube amp manufacturer of many.

manley

[Frazzy]

Roscoroo, if you don't have any luck, try going to this forum...audioasylum

I've had great luck getting a manual or two by asking there.  They have a separate amp/preamp forum and also a vintage area, along with tube and other great stuff.  Its a very nice forum, much like here.

[hyena426]

i got a old marantz with the gyro tuning.late 70's i think.i found the poor thing in a junk pile while going out shooting...was just laying in the road.in great shape...i took it home..hooked it up to my old 15inch pile's..and 2 10 inch pioneers...and it realy suprized me..pounded really good ..i never hooked my newer pioneer up sence....blows it away...hooked my dvd player and tv up to it...i think some one thought it was old junk and tossed it away...it does look like out dated crap..but when i picked it up i could feal how heavy it was and see all the conections in the back..i new it was some what powerful and worth seeing if it worked..lol

[Roscoroo]

thats what im using now (a marantz 2240) til i get the timer curcuit fixed in my Kenwood

marantz made some great stuff, but there switches get dirty too fast and the lamps seam to burn out faster then any thing else ive owned .

oh yea thanks for the link Frazzy .