Was Technics one of the winners in the “Receiver Wars” of the 70’s & 80’s IIRC? Technics was the step up brand of Panasonic, and their receivers were very good in a period of some great brands like Yamaha; Marantz; and Pioneer. Technics held their own. That’s why their gear is desirable. Wish I had one when they came out. They were price comparable to Marantz and Yamaha.
marantz and Yamaha are not in the same class. Marantz and Pioneer are in the same class. Frills and lights but distortion more previlant in the cheaper brands.
That may be true, since Pioneers were the winner in the wattage. Marantz had the best look and style (and cost more) Technics receivers held their own with Yamaha; Sansui; and Kenwood. IIRC, all of those were around the same price. The only Pioneer I could afford was a Super Tuner cassette player for my car. Man, Pioneer made some great car audio around this time.
again. Pioneer was good looking but had a lot of distortion. Kenwood, Alpine was far more superior for the car. Yamaha and Kenwood was not in the same class . Kenwood was in the same class as JVC in 1988. Yamaha had a lot less distortion
I’ll just have to disagree with you on that one. You can put an early (between 79 and the mid 80’s Pioneer Super Tuner II cassette deck with a set of Jensen Co Axial or Tri Axial speakers and it would sound amazing. I would compare Alpine to Blaupunkt and Clarion for best car audio during those times. You are right that Kenwood spent more time making better car audio than their home audio
Clarion is as bad as Audiovox . If you actually had a ear for music you would have had a kenwood or alpine with Boston acoustics speakers or Polk audio . The low end you could hear the distortion especially as loud as I jammed .
Was Technics one of the winners in the “Receiver Wars” of the 70’s & 80’s IIRC? Technics was the step up brand of Panasonic, and their receivers were very good in a period of some great brands like Yamaha; Marantz; and Pioneer. Technics held their own. That’s why their gear is desirable. Wish I had one when they came out. They were price comparable to Marantz and Yamaha.
marantz and Yamaha are not in the same class. Marantz and Pioneer are in the same class. Frills and lights but distortion more previlant in the cheaper brands.
That may be true, since Pioneers were the winner in the wattage. Marantz had the best look and style (and cost more) Technics receivers held their own with Yamaha; Sansui; and Kenwood. IIRC, all of those were around the same price. The only Pioneer I could afford was a Super Tuner cassette player for my car. Man, Pioneer made some great car audio around this time.
again. Pioneer was good looking but had a lot of distortion. Kenwood, Alpine was far more superior for the car. Yamaha and Kenwood was not in the same class . Kenwood was in the same class as JVC in 1988. Yamaha had a lot less distortion
I’ll just have to disagree with you on that one. You can put an early (between 79 and the mid 80’s Pioneer Super Tuner II cassette deck with a set of Jensen Co Axial or Tri Axial speakers and it would sound amazing. I would compare Alpine to Blaupunkt and Clarion for best car audio during those times. You are right that Kenwood spent more time making better car audio than their home audio
Clarion is as bad as Audiovox . If you actually had a ear for music you would have had a kenwood or alpine with Boston acoustics speakers or Polk audio . The low end you could hear the distortion especially as loud as I jammed .