|   Is it stupid to seek a vintage receiver to work w/CD player? | rburns
Apr 15, 2001 9:00 PM | | This may sound pretty stupid and naive, but I'm searching on eBay for an old receiver (i.e., Pioneer SX series, Marantz 22xx series, etc.) that has good two-channel stereo and to which I can hook up my old 6-magazine style Pioneer CD player, presumably via the auxiliary jack, or will this work? Are there better alternatives if I'm to to keep costs under $200? I really could care less about HT, DVD, etc., but would like to be able to play CDs. |
| re: Is it stupid to seek a vintage receiver to work w/CD player? | estan
Apr 15, 2001 10:53 PM | | no problem...plug it in! |
| re: Is it stupid to seek a vintage receiver to work w/CD player? | ckelly
Apr 15, 2001 11:58 PM | | No problem, just plug the CD player in the AUX jack, or the TAPE IN.
DON'T plug the CD into PHONO. |
| re: Is it stupid to seek a vintage receiver to work w/CD player? | Markw*
Apr 16, 2001 6:23 AM | | I've been running a 6 pack Pioneer off my Marantz 2270 for years now. Works fine. As another poster suggested, use the AUX jacks, NOT the phono input(s). |
| re: Is it stupid to seek a vintage receiver to work w/CD player? | rburns
Apr 16, 2001 10:20 AM | | It's a PD-M 501. I gave a PD-M 502 to my 75-year-old mother, along w/a Pioneer VSX-503S receiver. At home, and hooked up to my Denon AVR-5800 no less, I have a 3-magazine (18 disks) Pioneer PD-TM 1, which I won on eBay several months ago. I also won the PD-M 501 on eBay for $15 and afterwards paid $42 to replace the lens. This one will go into my office on campus. On eBay, I also located several dozen magazines for these players, well worth the $100 I paid for them, especially since they're no longer made. The convenience of all of all my CD players accepting these magazines outweighs any reason to ever buy a high-end CD player. I'm just looking for an inexpensive receiver w/a good tuner on which I can also play CDs. I'll probably buy a couple of Paradigm MiniMonitors down the road, but for now I'm just using a pair of AR 216 bookshelves for the office. |
| To maximise your cd's... | Charlie K
Apr 16, 2001 12:59 PM | | Go with a vintage tube integrated amp or receiver. Scott 299B or C or their equivalent LK series and Fisher X series integrated or 400/500c receivers will rock your world. Vintage tubes are what the doctor ordered to take the digital edge of recordings. Vintage phono sections are awesome too. You will never listen to sweeter and more musical sound than with a well tuned vintage valve amp. Jump on in. If you don't like what you hear, resale is going to be what you paid anyway. Nothing to lose by trying. |
| One really, really good reason to so what you suggested. | Markw*
Apr 17, 2001 9:07 AM | | Most electronic comopnents will fail within the first few hours of use when they will get warm for the first time for a long period of time. If they get through that, they will probably last a long, long time.
By this "burn in", you will force any weak components to die and you can get it fixed under warranty.
But please don't let this cause you to think that there are any miraculous sound changes during this time.
There ain't.
Speakers are the only possible exception. Their surrounds will loosten up with playing but there is no magic there. just play 'em. |
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