Very nice work Jordan. I haven't seen one of these since the 1980s. This receiver came out in 1980 with an MSRP of $339 but street price was anywhere from $150-$250 depending upon where you bought it. Lafayette Radio on Long Island sold it for $157, Leo's in California sold it for $140, Shogren's in Oregon claimed it was a $399 receiver they sold for $229. In those days stereo shopping was like buying a car, all over the map. As for performance, it's as you said, 45 watts per channel into 8 ohm load. Specs were 0.05 TDH 20hz-20khz. Much better build quality than I ever expected too.
1997 Orion audio blue book shows production dates from 76-81, 45 watts per channel, and MSRP of $340, retail used $23, mint wholesale $14, and average wholesale price of $8, which is what the local pawn shops would have given you back in 1997 in the U.S.!
Somebody threw three VCRs and two DVD/VCRs on the curb not long ago, of course I grabbed them all, and one of the straight VCRs is Samsung. Don't remember ever seeing the brand on much back then. Wow! good unit there.
Very nice receiver you got there Jordan! Years ago Iv'e got a Rising (Never heard of this brand before) TS-1 receiver as a gift (it has the tape deck built in), the amp is a- STK job, but the front looks very much like your Samsung. Since you've mentioned it, what can cause a protection circuit not to do it's job?
I've been working on audio gear since 1977 (and still do) and I've never seen one of these either. It does look a bit "Pioneer-ish" from the front, but the insides give it away.
Working on a Hitachi SR-604 on the bench now. Orion audio blue book lists it as 35 watts per channel, but it is a class G amplifier design. There are two power rails, a high voltage rail, and a low voltage rail. The high voltage rail has 63 volt caps on the power supply and the led power lamps go to 70 watts at 8 ohms. The Orion books have many errors in them, guess I will have to run it up on the treadmill and see what it really does. Carver and Kenwood also made some class G amplifiers. Used some Simple Green cleaner on the front face and it started to remove the silk screen print, oops! Never had an issue with Simple Green removing silk screen printing before, until now. I did know not to use Clorox wipes, as they will remove silk screen printing.
For a so called budget receiver, this one is well built, and great circuit design, and very nice. Better than the equivalent *80 series Pioneers in that class.
Samsung? Interesting. They were on the right track..for sure. Just a little late to the game. Has an MCS look to it... externally anyway. Nice build quality!
Sold a decent number of the Zenith MCS series. 100 % reliable. Only odd thing is Gold Star built most of Zeniths smalls including the famous R472 clock radios. Anyhows tnx for the vids, hows about a TV or 2 next ??? LFOD !
June2 2024, Good morning, just saw your videos. I have two 70s receivers. Problem , I’m retired and would to have them serviced. Would like to l play my albums again. I’m in calif. San Bernardino area . Do you take in work? There’s no one around here.
Thank you very very much. I am restoring a mid century modern cabinet to houses my stereo items. But electronics I don’t have a clue. Just a heads up for you I have a Lafayette LR5555A &a Kenwood KR2600. LR is nice, Kenwood has dead B speakers. Thank you again.
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Nice job Jordan! I like these kind of videos when you work on video and vintage audio gear. Looking forward to your next video.
Very nice work Jordan. I haven't seen one of these since the 1980s. This receiver came out in 1980 with an MSRP of $339 but street price was anywhere from $150-$250 depending upon where you bought it. Lafayette Radio on Long Island sold it for $157, Leo's in California sold it for $140, Shogren's in Oregon claimed it was a $399 receiver they sold for $229. In those days stereo shopping was like buying a car, all over the map. As for performance, it's as you said, 45 watts per channel into 8 ohm load. Specs were 0.05 TDH 20hz-20khz. Much better build quality than I ever expected too.
1997 Orion audio blue book shows production dates from 76-81, 45 watts per channel, and MSRP of $340, retail used $23, mint wholesale $14, and average wholesale price of $8, which is what the local pawn shops would have given you back in 1997 in the U.S.!
1980''s audio equipment built to last,still working.
Very nice piece. I would use and display with pride.
Somebody threw three VCRs and two DVD/VCRs on the curb not long ago, of course I grabbed them all, and one of the straight VCRs is Samsung. Don't remember ever seeing the brand on much back then. Wow! good unit there.
Very nice receiver you got there Jordan!
Years ago Iv'e got a Rising (Never heard of this brand before) TS-1 receiver as a gift (it has the tape deck built in), the amp is a- STK job, but the front looks very much like your Samsung.
Since you've mentioned it, what can cause a protection circuit not to do it's job?
Looks to be a decent bit of kit, never seen Samsung hi-fi gear in the UK.
I've been working on audio gear since 1977 (and still do) and I've never seen one of these either. It does look a bit "Pioneer-ish" from the front, but the insides give it away.
Looking at the front of it just at a glance a quick glance looks a little bit like my Yamaha CR 1020 Receiver that I bought brand new back in the 70s.
Working on a Hitachi SR-604 on the bench now. Orion audio blue book lists it as 35 watts per channel, but it is a class G amplifier design.
There are two power rails, a high voltage rail, and a low voltage rail. The high voltage rail has 63 volt caps on the power supply and the led power lamps go to 70 watts at 8 ohms. The Orion books have many errors in them, guess I will have to run it up on the treadmill and see what it really does. Carver and Kenwood also made some class G amplifiers.
Used some Simple Green cleaner on the front face and it started to remove the silk screen print, oops! Never had an issue with Simple Green removing silk screen printing before, until now. I did know not to use Clorox wipes, as they will remove silk screen printing.
I see two fans in the background , must get hot there in the summer.
I thought a friend gave it to you to fix I didn't know he gave it to you to keep That's nice
Thanks!
Thank you!
Nice, thanks :)
The whole unit looks like kinda Pioneer. Toggles dial everything!
Pioneer was copied by many
Pioneer was top of the line.
Samsung, never seen one by that company.
Looks like a nice bit of kit :-D
For a so called budget receiver, this one is well built, and great circuit design, and very nice. Better than the equivalent *80 series Pioneers in that class.
Samsung? Interesting. They were on the right track..for sure. Just a little late to the game. Has an MCS look to it... externally anyway. Nice build quality!
For a complete tare down and full repair, see: *Jim Burns*
The zenith receivers you see on eBay were built by this company.MC70xx
I thought it looked familiar....
Sold a decent number of the Zenith MCS series. 100 % reliable. Only odd thing is
Gold Star built most of Zeniths smalls including the famous R472 clock radios.
Anyhows tnx for the vids, hows about a TV or 2 next ???
LFOD !
@@tomj4506 got a sony CVM in the works soon!
June2 2024, Good morning, just saw your videos. I have two 70s receivers. Problem , I’m retired and would to have them serviced. Would like to l play my albums again. I’m in calif. San Bernardino area . Do you take in work? There’s no one around here.
Repairaudio.com is a good place to start. That's The shop I work for.
Thank you very very much. I am restoring a mid century modern cabinet to houses my stereo items. But electronics I don’t have a clue. Just a heads up for you I have a Lafayette LR5555A &a Kenwood KR2600. LR is nice, Kenwood has dead B speakers. Thank you again.
Albert Hockenberry? Owns a cab company in DC? Is that the guy, JP?
Nope. Not him. This guys a local
El manual de servicio está en hifienginie como Zenith mc7050
Nice video, can you please tell me what type/brand of cleaner have you used to take care of those dirty switches and pots . Thank you
It varies base on how terrible of condition theyre in.
First you clean with CRC QD.
if that doesnt work, deoxit F5
if it still isnt happy NuTrol 401b
@@JordanPierDo you buy the Nutrol on line or locally?
@@JordanPierThat's a big transformer, how many what's is the receiver?
@@JordanPierDo you do videos of repairs of vintage test equipment?
@@SDsailor7 cant say that I do, but I do have a vtvm that needs repair. If i csn find a schematic on it, maybe ill make one.
BUT ... how does is SOUND?!?
Pretty decent actually. Nice and punchy for barely 50wpc.
Model 1999 amplifier board if available
Interesting. It looks very Japanese, I wonder if Samsung contracted out for those?
ALL of those Elna, (orange CAPs) should be changed. The are junk!! Use DeoxIT D5 for switches. Use DeoxIT Fader F5 for POTs. ONLY!