I've always been a bit of a fan of Pioneer audio gear, especially the silver components they sold back in the early 80's. I remember my dad sold his massive Sanusi quadraphonic receiver, Teac tape deck and Dual turnbable back in the day to buy one of those silver component matched systems. It gave him years of faithful service.
Also, my first "serious" tape deck was a Pioneer CT-7R back when I was 14 years old... I used to use my Sharp GF-9292 to plug into the tape deck to make copies of friends' tapes. You know, before you could just use a zip drive, SD card, DVD or CD to pilfer music (that's cheating, isn't it?)...
Anyway, during my boombox shopping, I was also enticed by Pioneer boomboxes and remember falling in love with the looks of this one. I think it was the "new for then" LED VU meters. Ultimately, the open-box Sharp GF-9292 won my dad and I over because of its greatly reduced price at the time, and it's cooler "street" look, otherwise I might have been raving about this box instead, which has a more elegant look to it.
Okay, enough foreplay... here she is: [ebay]280476769714[/ebay]
Anyone heard one of these? I don't remember what they sound like, but Pioneer made some great gear back then, and I have a good feeling about this box, even with the deck not working... (presents just enough challenge for me). I don't expect it to be really loud, that's what I have my M90 for... Just hoping for well-balanced sound and that I can get the deck working okay.
Another thing.... I don't want to be schlepping the same ole' boxes to next years meet... and nobody at the Sunshine mix had any Pioneers that I saw this year... makes me wonder why they are so unpopular? Seems to me these are a tad underrated... or my expectations are too high. Or, do they suck that bad? Did I just waste $63? (Price for shipping was almost the same as what I won the box for).
(Truth be told about that CR-7R deck, it only lasted 5 years or so, developed major transport issues and ended up ****-canned, I really should have gotten one of the older silver faced ones instead, they were built much, much better.)
Also, my first "serious" tape deck was a Pioneer CT-7R back when I was 14 years old... I used to use my Sharp GF-9292 to plug into the tape deck to make copies of friends' tapes. You know, before you could just use a zip drive, SD card, DVD or CD to pilfer music (that's cheating, isn't it?)...
Anyway, during my boombox shopping, I was also enticed by Pioneer boomboxes and remember falling in love with the looks of this one. I think it was the "new for then" LED VU meters. Ultimately, the open-box Sharp GF-9292 won my dad and I over because of its greatly reduced price at the time, and it's cooler "street" look, otherwise I might have been raving about this box instead, which has a more elegant look to it.
Okay, enough foreplay... here she is: [ebay]280476769714[/ebay]
Anyone heard one of these? I don't remember what they sound like, but Pioneer made some great gear back then, and I have a good feeling about this box, even with the deck not working... (presents just enough challenge for me). I don't expect it to be really loud, that's what I have my M90 for... Just hoping for well-balanced sound and that I can get the deck working okay.
Another thing.... I don't want to be schlepping the same ole' boxes to next years meet... and nobody at the Sunshine mix had any Pioneers that I saw this year... makes me wonder why they are so unpopular? Seems to me these are a tad underrated... or my expectations are too high. Or, do they suck that bad? Did I just waste $63? (Price for shipping was almost the same as what I won the box for).
(Truth be told about that CR-7R deck, it only lasted 5 years or so, developed major transport issues and ended up ****-canned, I really should have gotten one of the older silver faced ones instead, they were built much, much better.)
I´m sure you enjoy it! 
