I took a short break today and learned that Electronics Servicenter in downtown Philly, which was an excellent and very accessible shop, is out of business. The closest repair shops are a half-hour drive away.
So, after some quick online research, I ordered a Yamaha R-S500 receiver... from B&H. It will hook up to my Pioneer PL-12D turntable and EPI 100 speakers just fine, and if I ever get an iPod or iPhone it will hook up to them, too. Thanks to all who commented. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW ----- Original Message ----- From: steve harley <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 6:40 PM Subject: Re: Waaaayyyyy OT: Stereo receivers on 2012-01-27 13:33 [email protected] wrote >> speaking of old-school i have a gorgeous minimalist Advent 300 receiver in >> the garage that i feel should replace the RX-1100; it's strong enough to >> drive the Cantons to desk listening levels, and i don't need video, and among >> other things it has a very nice phono preamp > > I had an Advent 300 for many years & yes it was a great minimalist receiver - > but alas I could get no one to repair it - but I sure got my money's worth out > of it. i am no whiz, but i would guess that the Advent 300 would be all discrete components and sort of simple to fix; haven't needed to find out since mine still works right good -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

