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|   Found a Fisher KX-90 in basement of my new house, what is it | Neutral
Apr 20, 2001 9:24 AM | | I just bought a new house. The basement has paneling circa 1960ish with a built in "entertainment center" consisting of a Fisher KX-90 professional series integrated tube amplifier, a Sony reel to reel, and an FM tuner (can't remember name/model #). I fired up the amp and tuner and it works great!!! No hum from the tubes at all.
Problem is, I know very little about tubes and even less about vintage tubes. Basically, what am I looking at? Is this a nice piece of equipment or a hunk of junk?
Will the tuner or tape input on the Fisher accept a modern RCA device (i.e. cd player) or will I need a modulator? My thought is to use my Klipsch SF-1's with this amplifier in a small, separate listening room off my Master bedroom. I have been hankering to upgrade my HT speakers anyway. It seems like the efficiency and natural brightness of the SF-1's should mate well with a tube amp, whaddaya think.
Thanks for any advice you can give me! |
| re: Found a Fisher KX-90 in basement of my new house, what is it | PeteH
Apr 20, 2001 11:11 AM | | Fisher was one of the best back when tubes ruled. They never wear out, just replace tubes, if necessary. As you can see, it is all right there. They used to repair things instead of throwing them away! ;-)
Pete H. |
| re: Found a Fisher KX-90 in basement of my new house, what is it | estan
Apr 21, 2001 11:09 PM | | great little amp...not a lot of power but should work well with the Klipsh's... What tuner is it?
If tubes all work there is no need to change them as usually the old ones are better than what is made today. Probably all the tube sockets and pins should be cleaned and all the pots should be cleaned and probably some caps and resistors will need replacing. This amp will blow away a lot of what is being sold today so put a few bucks into it and enjoy it. The Aux or Tuner inputs can also be used for Cd or TV audio. So can the tape inputs for that matter. |
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