EADGBE wrote:
Scott:

I am fully aware of the Technics' questionable "hi-fi" status. I
simply bought this as a nostalgia trip. Believe me, the Technics SA
receiver I had as a kid was AUDIOPHILE stuff compared to what I had
been listening to before I got it.

For the record, the receiver I just got is an SA-400, made from 1978
to 1979.


You probably have this info, but: 45wpc at 0.04 THD and 0.04 IMD rated
from 20-20khz bandwidth with a 90 dB s/n ratio (phono). 10.8 fm mono IHF
sensitivity with a 1.2 dB fm capture ratio...cost $360 in 1979 dollars
(over $1000 today, by the consumer price index).

By some measures, I'd day that qualified as "HiFi".


jak