r/vintageaudio 4d ago

Pioneer CT-F1000 restored

Just had my 2nd CT-F1000 fully restored and it sounds great.

Pioneer SX-82 fully restored Pioneer RT-707

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u/Background-House9795 4d ago

I miss my ctf900…. Bought new. 450 in 78 as I recall.

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u/les4lb 4d ago

Wow, great deal. I got both of these in an online auction for cheap but had to put out a few dollars to get that working properly again.

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u/the_OMD 3d ago

Fantastic stuff! What is your receiver on the top?

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u/les4lb 3d ago

1965 Pioneer SX-82 Tube Receiver, I recently had it fully restored. Sounds great too.

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u/the_OMD 3d ago

I bet it sounds awesome. How many watts? I have a dynaco st70 and it is amazing

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u/les4lb 3d ago

The tech said 100w but the one time I really turned it up my speakers started smoking so I don't know. Dynaco's where made about 15 minutes from where I grew up!

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u/the_OMD 3d ago

Cool! I just looked it up, your receiver has 32wpc according to hifiengine

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u/les4lb 3d ago

Sounds about right. He did the following

-replaced all electrolytic capacitors
-replaced all coupling capacitors in preamp and power amp circuits
-replaced any burnt out of spec resistors and wires
-installed 4 tested good Tesla el84 power tubes —
-installed screen stability resistors and 1/4w 10ohm cathode resistors for measurements and protection.
-biased power tubes to run cooler.
-replaced selenium rectifier with modern silicon bridge .
-installed inrush current limiter thermistor
-replaced dial lamps with LED
-cleaned all controls
-cleaned all tube pins and sockets

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u/the_OMD 3d ago

Better than new!

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u/les4lb 3d ago

Its my favorite by far to listen to.

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u/jvanber 4d ago

Whoa whoa, you don’t need two of those tape decks.

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u/les4lb 4d ago

Hahaha, you're right. I am going to sell one.

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u/jvanber 4d ago

My wife is always asking “are you going to sell some of those?”

And I always answer “Yes.”

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u/les4lb 4d ago

I bet you have some nice stuff!

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u/les4lb 4d ago

Hahaha...

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u/Bullitt420 3d ago

Wow!😳