Pioneer sx 1980

Pioneersx 1980 with HPM-100

[@yourcaseworker6916]

The white LED kills it for me. I loved listening to my old Pioneer 3700 in the dark and having that warm light and the bluish VU meters glowing like a beacon in the night.

[@slyspy9819]

That's the Mac Daddy of all receivers , God bless you brother . I'm presently enjoying the 550 and 650 and in 1978 I had the 750 but I would love to get my hands on the king of them all , absolute perfection

[@ringo2296]

Awesome Pioneer receiver and turntable,they look so nice and sound great!!!

[@Royalbigness]

Wow ! What a beautiful set up. A PL-530 and HPM 100s to boot. Very nice sound !!

[@aaronbradley4361]

Designed specifically for the hpm-150. This was so good they started TAD. A ultra high end audio company with the technology that they pioneered with this machine. Amazing stuff

[@rsouthern2671]

The Pioneer SX-1980 was the best receiver that was ever produced by Pioneer. A Pioneer SX-1980 powering 4 Pioneer HPM-150 speakers was the best setup. I have 4 pioneer HPM-150 speakers to this day, have all original drivers in them and would never part with them. I have 2 Yamaha MX-1000U amplifiers powering them 295 watts RMS per channel of Class A power. Had to install separate power plugs and circuit breakers for these amplifiers because they were dimming the lights. Knocks pictures off the walls and shakes the concrete floor.

[@AudiophileTubes]

The 'Golden Age of HI-FI'!

[@Badassvidsz]

Couldn't agree more :-)

[@ramondomingoseverinodiaz3631]

Wuao que belleza hermoso felicidades cuanta calidad

[@jondubb35]

Beautiful setup and great sound. I have an SX-1280 with HPM 100s myself.

[@brianchisnell1548]

Oo la la! I have the tt, speakers and a 780. Mine is amazing. 40 years now. Your amp though, HOLY GRAIL!!!

[@alexbeer35]

You can hook up 3 sets, A - B or C speakers sets. I currently have a set on A and another on B. The sound is excellent!

[@Michael-w8v]

I agree! It is superb! My dad have SX 737. It is great sound too.

[@danlivni2097]

The SX1980 is built like a tank. Look at that build quality.

[@nelsonfigueroa2996]

Love the new leds!

[@wildernessbound8877]

nice setup: I have the SX1280 with the HPM100's with JBL L112's as my 2nd set of speakers it's nice being able to get back to the Vintage stereos of the 70's. In 1980 I had the HPM100's with a SA700 Technics receiver and Technics turntable. I was so happy when I ran across the SX1280. The new stereos aren't the same, I have a Pioneer 120 watt receiver I got in 2002 and there's no comparison between the two. Like I said nice setup.

[@tonyshelton8397]

VERY NICE SYSTEM, I like the entire outfit,They don't make em like that no more.

[@Michael-w8v]

Oh yeah. They did really good in 1970s to 1980s.

[@RUfromthe40s]

the 80´s was the worst totally plastic and very nasty sound ,maybe they thought people wouldn´t notice .not only pioneer did that,but prices come down to , i remenber lot´s of friend in highschool talkin`about they`re new X-series from pioneer it sounded really bad,even my es2000 system bought in japan in the early 70´s and given to me around 1978 by my father sounded like an high-end equipment .at the time it was given to me the es2000 system because a friend bought him in the u.s of a. a system turntable ,stereo receiver and speakers by pioneer that it was at the time the high-end system from pioneer

[@Michael-w8v]

Not true. I do have some 1980s equipment. They sound better. Bad capacitor mayble?

[@PutGodFirst2112]

I had one, loved it

[@rw86347]

I love your setup!!!

[@ssranch6017]

Nice set up.

[@thiagooliveira7399]

A GREAT SOUND PLANT

[@zcustomcarnesi]

That is a thing of beauty

[@tee-jaythestereo-bargainph2120]

Heck yeah ! Sometimes its tuff loving in a condo i have the hpm 100s i reviewed them on my channel , nice set up

[@xcerber3896]

Typical metallic hissing at freaking pioneers. Until the ears bake.

[@rv1251]

Massive reciveire, i have yamahas ns1000 🔈and cr 2020 📻even with original box, plus extra kenwood super eleven , of course its not a1980 but still rocks 🙏👍

[@manu7815]

Superb🙏 vitange

[@harrymuhammad9835]

I'm going to find ONE!

[@woohunter1]

I kinda like the bright white leds, I will trade you my Denon, and my wife for that thing!

[@fernandezdelrio5053]

A real wonder, how I envy you!

[@GiczShow24]

Where did you buy the led light? I also want to install it to my sx-1980. That looks nice!!

[@joemonte7140]

Very nice have pl530 sx 750

[@TheRTM]

The heat sync and grill poking out the the back of this beast is too freaking big

[@OscarMartinez-sq2lg]

hermoso equipo, el sonido aspueroso.

[@mandrellrob7141]

Can you tell me who did your led mods, I have an marantz 500 dc power amp I want to get those same LEDs in

[@alexbeer35]

the led's were already installed for me by Innovative Audio in surrey bc Canada, they do an excellent job with vintage stereos

[@CHUDHUCKER]

Cool, I picked one up at Innovative Audio as well. I listened to other amplifiers when I was there, then the guys pulled me into the back room where they just got one of these in. I knew was in trouble, SOLD!!

[@jimbasler1054]

Are you using a speaker select switch on that set up? Just wondering,if the impedance between the amp and 4 speaker set up,is a problem?

[@samuelnorton7012]

The sansui g series are cuter with flashy lights and colors but the sx 80 series is better and heavier build quality.

[@nandoalonso4532]

great stereo. bravo.

[@Badassvidsz]

3:48 the platter speed is not correct it's going slower a little bit , sometimes my tt do that .

[@rudolfogorgod3961]

Oh you will, but theyre tagged with a premium price...may be worth it though

[@hakkouryoussef9261]

Is that for sal ???

[@musefan117]

Hello I thought you could only hook up 3 speakers how do you have 4 ? Looks and sounds great!

[@CHUDHUCKER]

It has 3 pairs of speaker selector buttons. So 2 speakers, left and right for speaker A, then B and C are the same. You can see on the top left there is 1 of 3 buttons clicked in, so he is playing 1 pair of speakers on A. If you have 2 pairs of speakers, they need to be 8 ohm speakers to play A and B together, or any combination of 2 buttons selected. You should not have 3 pairs playing at once.

[@musefan117]

thanks!

[@jondubb35]

CHUDHUCKER The receiver will automatically cut the sound off if you push all 3 speaker selectors at once. Built in overload shut off.

[@levthelion]

can through a few Justin Beiber tracks through that thing bud?

[@Ricktpt1]

Get some warmer LED's. The pure white makes it look too sterile...

[@hilariolozano4550]

It 4 sale ?

[@LaserFocused]

Can the HPM-100 handle such a monster putting out 270WPC? !

[@chinyanyie]

+gt5001945 no it cant at high volume!

[@jondubb35]

Plant-Based MD it absolutely can. Especially if you get the 200 watt HPM-100s. Remember the wattage ratings in the 1970s were very inaccurate and most everything stereo related was rated way under what they could actually handle. I honestly wouldn't worry much about it. Even if the HPM-100s couldn't handle all 270 watts, there's no way you could ever listen to music with the 1980 cranked all the way up. Your head would explode before you got anywhere near that level.

[@davidperry4013]

You can but, you will suffer permanent hearing loss

[@nobody617]

Underpowering is hiw most blow things up. Speakers asking for more than amp can give. With more watts than needed it gives you a ceiling of extra power. You can then turn it up to what the speakers can handle and they will love it and the amp will not stress

[@tooboschbosch]

What is the name of the song?

[@alexbeer35]

Water of Love by Dire Straits 🎼🎧

[@oturanboga6225]

PÖRFEK..!!!

[@Ms77check]

Way over price I have a Yamaha receiver 400 watts with cerwin vega 15in.speakers.....sound the same if not better every thing for$1,100.00 bucks....your paying for a Relic...and when it breaks down you'll get my point!

[@jackcorker132]

Booooo!

[@tomdavis6371]

And should he ever decide to part with it he will command and receive MUCH more than your $1100.00!

[@jackofalltradesmercury207]

Sounds like an old Stereo Receiver. Not as good as the new Receivers.

[@tomdavis6371]

That receiver is one of the finest ever built. It's better than ANY modern receiver by a long shot. If there are any down sides to it, it lacks some modern day connections which I'd wager the owner doesn't care about.

[@JorgeLuiz-ii9kz]

GO TRUMP