Going through a change today if I have time. A customer sold me a Pioneer SX737 and Sansui SR 525 turntable for $50, so it's time to get rid of the Sony. They're both kinda rough. The Pioneer is filthy and missing a few knobs, but seems to work OK. I'll clean it up a little and put it into service. The TT is missing the power cord, one of the legs, and I (dummy) broke the little plastic thingy that locks the tonearm in the rest. The base could use some attention, too. I'll put it in the box on the pallet rack and save it for a rainy day.
I'll take a pic when the 737 is in service.
Maybe I should have kept my fifty bucks!
Which knobs do you need? I may have some on a parts unit.
Pioneer SX-737
Specifications:
Power Output: 35 watts per channel RMS into 8 ohms, 40 watts into 4 ohms.
Harmonic Distortion: Less than 0.05%
Intermodulation Distortion: Less than 0.05%
Power Bandwidth: 5Hz to 60kHz
Damping Factor: >40
Residual Hum and Noise: >0.5mV
Frequency Response: 15Hz to 40kHz +/- 1dB
FM Sensitivity: 1.9uV
FM Signal to Noise Ratio: 70dB
IF Rejection: 100dB
Spurious Rejection: 100dB
Harmonic Distortion Mono: <0.2%
Harmonic Distortion Stereo: <0.4%
Stereo Separation: >40dB
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Controls:
Bass
Treble
Rec Selector: FM, Phono, Source, Duplicate
Balance
Volume
Function: AM, FM, Phono, Mic, Aux
Switches:
Power
Speakers A
Speakers B
Low Filter
High Filter
Tape Monitor 1
Tape Monitor 2
Loudness
FM Muting Off
Mono
Jacks:
Mic
Headphones
Indicators:
Signal Strength Meter
Tuning Meter
STEREO
AM
FM
PHONO
MIC
AUX
Rear Panel:
AC Outlet Unswitched
AC Outlet Switched
Phono Input (L, R)classic
Aux Input (L, R)
Tape Monitor 1 Out (L, R)
Tape Monitor 1 In (L, R)
Tape Monitor 2 Out (L, R, DIN)
Tape Monitor 2 In (L, R, DIN
Speaker System A (L, R)
Speaker System B (L, R)
Jim
Thanks for the info and offer, Jim. I just finished lightly cleaning the 737, and hooked it up to the pallet rack speakers. As soon as I fired it up, I got a little busy, so I'll listen closer later.
It was missing one of the lower control knobs and the tuner knob. Also. the light in the pointer doesn't work, the clip to hold the antenna is broken, and one of the feet is gone. I pulled the covers and face off, cleaned all of the controls, and made some new feet for it to stand on. When I bought that Sansui PD10 turntable, it came with a Sherwood or Kenwood receiver. It had a minor problem that escalated to a major problem when I started working on it, so I tossed it. Before I did, though, I swiped all of the knobs from it. They're 1/4 splined like almost everything else, so I took 6 of them and put them on the Pioneer so they'd all look the same. The tuner knob is a plastic POS, but the unit is doing duty in the warehouse, and the wood case is beat up pretty bad, so I'm calling it good for now.
I'll go out and take a photo.
The Sansui SR 525 is a project. It's going on the shelf for now....................