Thank you for your time; the x3x series is a great sounding series of receivers. The SX-xx50's is a beautiful series of receivers; I'm an original SX-1050 owner here (biased maybe.) I had mine completely restored during COVID; significant financial investment but worth every penny, I listen to it every day.
My ranking for the 70s lineups would be the x3x, xx50, x2x, then xx80. I prefer the SX 1000TA/D over all of them (late 60s). The 990/2500 (late 60s) series is my least favorite cosmetically. I just had a 1980 across the bench...review will be added to the queue soon. Never thought I would see one :)
A 1050 recently a couple weeks ago went for 3700.00 on Ebay when it was auctioned off... Not buy it now. I have one close to mint in the original box that I got from a family that lost their son in the war and kept it for years. Bless their heart. I hooked it up and it sounds beautiful. I put it back in the box for preservation because I use my SA 9100 in one room and my SA 7800 in another room. I have a 850 also where it was peeling and I took off all of the peeling which had a lighter color finish and now looks new. I love Pioneer units.
Thank you for your time; the x3x series is a great sounding series of receivers. The SX-xx50's is a beautiful series of receivers; I'm an original SX-1050 owner here (biased maybe.) I had mine completely restored during COVID; significant financial investment but worth every penny, I listen to it every day.
My ranking for the 70s lineups would be the x3x, xx50, x2x, then xx80. I prefer the SX 1000TA/D over all of them (late 60s). The 990/2500 (late 60s) series is my least favorite cosmetically.
I just had a 1980 across the bench...review will be added to the queue soon. Never thought I would see one :)
A 1050 recently a couple weeks ago went for 3700.00 on Ebay when it was auctioned off... Not buy it now. I have one close to mint in the original box that I got from a family that lost their son in the war and kept it for years. Bless their heart. I hooked it up and it sounds beautiful. I put it back in the box for preservation because I use my SA 9100 in one room and my SA 7800 in another room. I have a 850 also where it was peeling and I took off all of the peeling which had a lighter color finish and now looks new. I love Pioneer units.
$3700 is quite a bit of money.
@@millervintagehifi3034 Yes too much . Somebody wanted it though,
The 850 does have real wood veneer.
Thanks for the confirmation!