Pioneer Reverberation Amplifier

[Crazyredhead]

I have a reverb amp here that needs fixin. I love this thing, it is cool when it is hooked up properly. It sounds like you are in a metal tunnel. It is almost 20 years old but works as though it were brand new. It is my husbands and there is a button that is broken. When I first met him in the military he had this hooked up in his barracks room and I would stare at it mesmerized, I had never seen or heard of one before.

I called Pioneer electronics and they didn't even know that they even made it. It probably is older than some of the reps there. The rep kept arguing with me that I have the wrong place and because she has never heard of it they never made it or even carried it. When they heard that it was almost 20 years old, they were surprised to hear that it still worked and in pristine condition.

They don't make things like they used to. My 10-15 year old dryer just died on me. We also have a Hitachi TV that is almost 20 years old and still going strong. We have a new 50' widescreen plasma TV coming in about a week that will never last as long. The TV has only needed one repair in all of those 20 years and that was a picture tube.

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AMAN to that. My last stereo amp (Its sitting in my dads shed right now and he listens to it) is about 25 or so years old (maybe more). 200 watts per channel, and weighs about 75 pounds. It has a massive heatsink in the back and can blow the doors off of almost all new amps. Back in college we used it at many a party, I would take it over to my buddies place (basicaly right next door) and we would hook it up to his speakers. These were the monster infinity tower speakers, with 2 15 inch subs, a fairly large mid, and a horn tweater. You still couldn't turn the amp up over much more then 4 or 5 for fear of blowing the speakers. The way the living room was situated we had the speakers on the wall facing the balcony. If you stood in front of the balcony door you could literaly feel the bass pushing you out the door like a strong wind.

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I have my grandmother's 22-year-old Zenith 27-inch console TV sitting in my basement. It's heavy as hell, but the console's varnish still looks pretty good after all those years. The unit still works perfectly too! However, it's going into the workshop, and I bought a new Sony TV for the living room.

Quite a few of my things are older, simply because they still do what they're designed to. In my kitchen now, is a 1950s-style table and chairs. Grandma gave it to me, simply because she hated it. The chairs were too heavy--they're all chrome and buttoned cushions. Even though that set is 50 years old, it's still in great shape, and I'm hanging onto it. Who knows, I might even get matching kitchen counters. That is, if the tabletop pattern is still available ;)

One of my 'shop vehicles' is an early 1960s Radio-Flyer wagon. Even after 40 or more years, it too is in great shape. The body is rusty and the paint is peeling, but it's still solid. Even so, I have plans for it--possibly a new paint job in Penn Central black with white lettering.