I don't know why I even bother to look at Craig's List. Perhaps it's the memory of finding my first pair of L7s, for $200 . . . three houses down the street from me! So last night I cruised through the Electronics heading and found this:and shot the seller an email. About 4pm today he called my cell. I ignored it since the state listed was 3,000 miles away and I wasn't expecting any calls. But he left a voice-mail and I called him back and arranged to stop by after work.Complete working vintage Kyocera Audio System, including:- R861 Tuner/Amp- RC101 Remote Control Station- D811 Cassette Deck- DA710cx Compact Disc Player- RT102 Remote Control Unit (tuner/amp)- RT710cx Remote Control Unit (tape/cd player)Well maintained by original owner. Beautiful condition.
He was a nice guy and even a past BMW owner. He was selling the system for friend who had owned it since new until she moved to a much smaller residence. They were looking to get enough to buy her a good iPod dock. Such is the state of "audio" today!
It's home now. I've not had a chance to hook it all up but the cosmetics are flawless. These have the black Lucite side panels, not the grained particle board in the others I've seen. It's beautifully built and was quite the epitome of fine industrial design twenty-five-years ago. So, any comments? Anyone happen to have the owner's manuals for this stuff? Any experience?
The only on-line source I've found claims to allow downloads only to Windows machines. Have they never heard of a PDF?
I don't have photos of my own yet but here are the highlights from the CL ad:
Here's an interesting link: http://www.classicaudio.com/forsale/...R861RC101.html
Update: Cleaned a little corrosion out of the two remote battery contacts (that was my bargaining chip during negotiation) and both are working. I've only listened to the CD with headphones but it's working perfectly and sounds fine. Anyone have any idea what the "BGM" mode is/does? Seems to be a random play of some kind or a search for the loudest passage? Can't really tell and can't find a Google reference.