Panasonic RA-6100 12 WPC Receiver from 1979

Why would I want a Technics by Panasonic SA-1000 330 WPC when I could have this RA-6100 12 watts per channel wonder at .8 THD?
This was a throw in with a purchase of a couple Realistic receivers a couple years ago from someone I met up with on Facebook Marketplace. I didn’t think anything of it at the time. In fact I wasn’t going to even accept it, but then when I got it home and after looking at the bronze face plate, I just had to fix it.
It was putting out straight DC, and had a bad STK chip. After purchasing a new one on eBay and I don’t remember if it’s a fake or NOS, it seems to be working great. And I run it from time to time just to keep it going.
There’s a lot of airspace in here. And it does not have a very large transformer, one main circuit board for everything. But it does have regular speaker terminal and supports two sets, and also has speaker fuses. I have a lot of respect for that type of amplifier circuit protection.
But it’s not bad, and the tone quality is excellent.
There are a couple other variants from this line, including one that that has an 8-Track, another that has a cassette deck, and I think there’s a combo that has both. I’d wager to bet they may have even incorporated a turntable at some point.
Anyways, these appear to be somewhat desirable, and they are not selling ultra cheap. It’s great having one of these in my collection, and again the sound quality is not bad. It’s running HPM 60s tonight and sounds great.

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