Technics
Posted by: Ardbeg10y on 29 June 2018
A few weeks ago there was on WHF a topic about the most remarkable amps in the history of WHF. I considered it quite shameful that there was no Technics amp listed - since Technics is or was one of the great companies in Hifi.
I grew up in a Technics Family. I can't remember which models precisely, but according to what I remember it was something like this:
I do remember the battle my parents had about the sudden appearance of the cd player.
When I started my journey in Hifi about 3 years ago, I entered by accident the shop of a Naim Audio dealer and I asked if he had something like Technics. He kindly explained why Technics and Naim are more or less the absolute opposites of each other. Naim: keep things as simple as possible and use high quality components, and Technics: use all kind of technical inventions to maximize sound / quality.
I noticed myself that in the Naim world the pre-amp seems to be most important, and in the Technics world the power-amps seem to have the focus.
Since there is no technics shop anymore, how does the Technics sound of a - say SE-A3 relate to the Naps? What are sonically the differences? Why is Technics mentioned rarely on this forum?
I had a Technics RSM275 and ST-S8 tuner back in the early-late 1980s, both at the upper end of their range (along with a budget bitstream CD player). These supplemented my Hafler DH101 pre-amp and DH200 amp. Sadly, the RSM275X mechanism contained a lot of cheap plastic parts, one of which broke and was no longer available. So I had to replace the technics gear with something new and bulletproof (SONY ES). Sadly, their LCD screens kept dropping pixels so I had to replace them with something new.................................
Here is a photo of my 1989 Technics tuner nestling amongst more modern acquisitions still giving great service..
Nice Malcolm, it reminds me of when I used to have my ST-8077K in my Naim system;
And also, in the same system, my RS-M85 Cassette Deck. Both are now boxed up and stored, a though I may just dig out the 8077 again soon..
