Up for sale is a freshly restored Pioneer SX-1250. This was Pioneer’s top-of-the-line receiver from 1978. This is a 160 watt-per-channel stereo receiver that will power any speaker you can throw at it. It is a piece of history.

It is in great condition, has been FULLY restored, LED converted, and sounds amazing.

This unit is for sale for $2249.00.

Come in and give it a listen before you take it home!

This receiver has had the following work done:

• The main filter capacitors were replaced.
• The power supply was recapped with new diodes and regulators.
• The protection board was recapped with new relay transistors and diodes.
• The stabilizer board was recapped with new transistors, regulators, and diodes. All cold solder joints repaired.
• The power amp boards were recapped with new input pair transistors and new bias/offset potentiometers.
• The phono preamplifier was recapped with matching transistors.
• The preamp board was recapped with new transistors.
• The tone board was recapped with new transistors.
• The filter and muting assemblies were recapped with new transistors.
• The function switch capacitor was replaced.
• All controls were cleaned and relubed with deoxit.
• The indicators and dial lamps were all replaced with LEDs.
• The wood case got some Howard’s Restore-a-Finish and Feed-n-Wax.
• The unit was biased according to spec and DC offset was set to zero.
• The unit was play-tested after the restoration.

Description

When you go to buy a new receiver, ask yourself these questions:

Does its FM tuner section guarantee high performance of spurious rejection as well as high sensitivity?

Does it include the very latest electronics circuit technology to assure a constant stable and high quality sound reproduction from small to large power output?

Are you going to be proud to own it for a long, long time?

Pioneer’s new and elegantly designed SX-1250 AM/FM receiver provides a resounding yes to each of these questions – and then some.

No other Pioneer receiver provides such incomparable FM performance and sensitivity and then combines it with mammoth continuous power output of 160W per channel, min RMS at 8 Ohms, from 20 Hertz to 20,000 Hertz, with no more than 0.1% total harmonic distortion.

See below for pictures of the restoration.