For Sale: Legendary Pioneer receiver in very nice cosmetic shape.
This powers up, all or almost all of the indicator and background lights are working, VU meters move when FM station is tuned in, and stereo indicator light comes on.
But the speaker protection relay never clicks after power up and no sound heard over any of the speaker outputs. Visual inspection with the top cover off shows everything appears complete, mint or near mint, and untampered with. Visual inspection with the bottom plate off (see photos) shows the power supply board has some browning on it, probably suffered some overheating at some point. I checked all the removable fuses with a meter and they are all good.
This model has known issues with the power supply board AWR-054 and over the years will always need to be recapped/repaired. Just google for more info, there is a lot of it available and you can even buy a package of all the parts you need to fix these on fleebay, or get a complete refurbished board for around $80. That may or may not be the only thing this needs to be fully functional but regardless this receiver is well worth fixing and will retain it's value over the years.
Cosmetically I'd say this is 8 or 9 out of 10. There is a small amount of dust etc. behind the glass dial front which should be easy to clean up. On the back the middle AC plug for powering additional components has the plastic broken around it, held in place by plastic ties, see photo. All the indicator lights appear to be working unless Loudness and Muting have indicator lights, in which case they are out. There is a service sticker on the back and because all the lights are working am sure this was serviced regularily.
Tentative: 24 x 20 x 15" and 58 pounds, so maybe $94 for Fed Ex Ground from NJ to CA.
Additional high resolution photos available, contact for details.
Email me zip code and city for a shipping quote- should be between $19.99 and $95.99 if you are in the continental USA. (December 2020).
