NOPAYNE

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Price Paid:  $0.00

Summary:
THAY SAY THIS UNIT CAME OUT 1990 BUT I ORDER MINE 1987 I GOT IT FOR RECORDING MUISIC AND IT HAS MOER THAN YOU CAN EVEN BUY TODAY . I HAD AN ELITE AND STILL NEVER PERFORMED LIKE THIS ONE ITS NEVER BEEN WORKED ON AND NEVER A PROBLEM.I WISH THY SOLD THEM LIKE THY DID THEN . AND THIS UNIT WAS YEARS BEFOR ITS TIME.AAAAAAAAAAA--1

Price Paid:  $350.00 from Circuit city

Summary:
Returning it to CC today for refund - won't be getting another. First one I bought had no output on the front A speakers - only B and rear. Returned it and this one worked for 2 weeks until all speaker outputs stopped working. These things do run hot and maybe it overheated although I have fine ventilation and no other components above or beneath it. I won't be buying another Sony today.

Strengths:
Good when it works

Weaknesses:
Two broken in 6 weeks.

Summary:
I also would love to find a new SA-GX700. Mine it's been performing well for years now. I bought mine in 1991 too and I only had it once in the repair shop. I wonder why Panasonic/Technics took so many cool features out of their receivers. If were going to buy an equivalent for this receiver today...you will easily end up paying over $1,000.

Strengths:
Lots of nice integrated feautures...and awesome remote control.

Weaknesses:
really really heavy and it gets a little overheat.

Summary:
I have not heard everything out there but I've never heard anything better than this receiver yet. I use it as my main amp in my home studio and have been since 1991. Only trouble I've had is that the C.D. input has recently shorted or something,but I just switched over to the vcr input and no more problem. I would buy another one in a minute if only I could find one.

Summary:
This is the best receiver i've owned yet.I traded it in for a sa-ex500 and was never disapionted.The only thing about this receiver is that if you plan on keeping the volume low it has tendency to over-heat but this problem is solved by getting the rear fan to always be in function.(At low cost in a electronic repair shop.)The built in equalizer is well made an the remote control is a sattelite!