I just stumbled upon this thread, man some of you guys have some high end equipment. Makes me jelly. Before pinball I was dabbling in HIFI a little. I currently have a Pioneer SX-1010 paired with a set of CS-99A. Also a Kyocera DA-610 with remote and manual. All in great shape. I have a Realistic STA-2000D in the workshop paired with the Realistic Nova-10's. I also have 2 pairs of Mach Ones. One pair very nice and the other I plan to restore.

In the past had:

Pioneer SX-980
Pioneer SX-1050
Realistic STA-2100
Kenwood KA-750?
Hitachi, don't remember model

BTW, does anybody do tuner alignments anymore? Metro Phila area to be specific.

Agreed! I forgot I had this one as well. The STA-2000 has an awesome tuner and great stereo separation compared to todays crap.

Had a Marantz 4230 quad that was broken. I sold it to someone that could fix it.

This thread is making me realize how bad my memory is lol.
I also had technics su 7100 amp and a st 7300 tuner. A Pioneer 9100 amp. Kyocera receiver with the remote control unit that was separate.

Sweet! And that's not too far from my place of employment.

Is continuous power the same as rms? Root mean square

You don't see those Monte Carlos on the east anymore. But man those things had a nice ride and were ballsy lol. But those government mandated bumpers were ugly as hell.

If anyone is interested, I'm selling a very nice pair of Realistic Mach One speakers in south Jersey. I don't want to ship these nor list on epay due to their ridiculous fees. This is a unmolested pair that I have had for about 12 years now. These are the early version RS cat number 40-4024A with the thick heavy woofer surrounds that didn't rot. One speaker has water stains on top that disappear when applying oil to the veneer but they eventually come back. They aren't all that bad. The veneer is in great shape otherwise and all corners are sharp, no chips. Grills are nice as well. They have screw down binding posts, not spring clips.

I can't play these loud anymore since the volume scares my dog, plus I'm getting older lol. Also the acoustics in my game room not so great.

Pm if interested and I can post pics upon request.

A price would help, asking $500

Listened to my Pioneer SX-1010 today. I added a bluetooth receiver to the aux input and was playing Apple Play from my phone. It was cool mixing newer technology to the old.

I noticed that all but one dial lamp were out. I figured bad bulbs, turns out the twist wedge sockets are very loose. Seem almost broken at the tabs. I'm guessing caused by heat stress. Does anyone know the size needed and/or where to get? I'm looking on Mouser right now but they don't tell the hole size which looks like 5/8 to 3/4 in?

I had it's little brother, SX-1050 years back. But I still love the SX-1010

For a Realistic STA-2000D

I'm giving away a pair of cross-overs pulled from a pair of Fisher XP-7S speakers that are from the early 70's. Just asking for postage. These speakers were my friend's dad when I was a kid. I acquired the speakers after he upgraded and played them for years. The cabs were banged up the woofer surrounds had rotted. I put some Radio Shack woofers in them and still sounded great. When I decided they had to go, I pulled the cross-overs out and kept them for a while.

These, as far as I know are the ones made in NY. PM if interested. I will never use these and would rather give away then throw away.

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Just thought I would post this for Realistic owners. I found a twist socket that works in the STA-2000D and possible others. From NAPA, part# LS6501.

I had to tweak the tabs where the bulb sits and they were not tight enough and also bend the tabs up that make the connection to the PCB. After that they fit nice and tight.

I have a cheapy BT device similar to this. I bought it like 6 or more years ago and I love being able to play Itunes through it. Mixing the old with the new!

Sweet!

Great, now I want one!