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[darth vader]

Hi guys, I've lurked in the background on and off for a few years now, A few names ring bells from AK, but my "new" user name might throw them. Its aussiedan over there.

Until now, I have mostly been playing with vintage Pioneer gear, main stack lives in my workshop office and has
Pioneer PL-A45D with ortofon stylus
Pioneer SX-434 (daily workhorse)
Pioneer SM-G204B, with a spare SM-G204 (18 valves each)
Akai AT-245O Tuner
Technics RS-X980 deck
Pioneer PD-F1007 301 disc player (not strictly vintage, but its good)

Plus all the other orphans I have adopted.

Recently done some living room upgrades;
Sony Bravia KDL40EX720
Sony BDP-S580
Pioneer analouge VSX-531, soon to be upgraded, and possibly my motivation for joining.

So I'll probably ask a heap of dumb questions about HT. Probably about a lot of stuff you guys take as a given thing, but I really don't know much, so please forgive me.

Anyway, look forward to meeting you all, and chatting.
Thanks, Darth.

[datafone]

Welcome DV .

Ya' other handle does ring a bell!

Mmmm....i like that receiver

Have fun mate

[LogicprObe]

Hi there.
I agre............great receiver.

[darth vader]

Which reciever? The solid state one or the tube one?

The VSX-531 will be for sale, the silver SM-G204B (and the brown 204), well, you'll have to wait till I die. Both 50 years old this year, I expect to have them for a while yet (I hope!)

But you're welcome around for a listen...

Edited by darth vader, 31 March 2012 - 11:40 PM.

[LogicprObe]

The tubes man...........the tubes!

[darth vader]

Awww, c'mon man, wouldn't you like some nice black faced VSX action in your lounge?

You leave my little darling tube amp out of this!

For fun, if I said 12AX7 x 3, and 6GW8 x 4, would you be jelous?

They both share the same schematic.
 SM-G204 and 204B.JPG   1.87MB   5 downloads

[darth vader]

If anyone knows where there is a quad matched set of telefunken 6GW8's let me know! (and I will love you forever!)

[LogicprObe]

I had one of these............

http://home.alphalin...ie/SM-Q300B.htm

I loved the sound of it but sadly after many years it gave up the ghost in a spectacular way.
Like that fellow, the condition was quite poor so I salvaged what I could from it.

[darth vader]

The are a very nice looking unit, but not having heard one, I can only assume it was great. Well, if mine are anything to go by.
I have only ever seen 3 SM-G204/B's on flea bay, and I bought 2 of them.
I think the SMQ-300 had a couple more output watts (real watts!) than the 204's.

I thought the brown one had gone to god when old mousey decided to camp out under the transformer, I thought he fried it, just as the transformer fried him. Turned out the coupling caps were all the blew. Phew! So its still running, but I keep it as a spare now.