Pioneer SX-1980

Data

General:

• Manufacturer: Pioneer
• Model: SX-1980
• Type: Receiver
• Years of manufacture: 1978 - 1980
• Made in: Japan
• Color: front silver, wooden cabinet
• Remote control: no
• Power consumption: 1'400 W max.
• Dimensions: 560 x 211 x 497 mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: 35,4 Kg
• Original price approx.: 1.295 US-$, 2.590 DM (1978)

Connections

• Number of inputs:
  • Phono 1 switchable: 2.5 mV, 10 kOhm / 50 kOhm / 100 kOhm, 100 pF, 200 pF, 300 pF, 400 pF, max. 300 mV at 1 kHz.
  • Phono 2: 2.5 mV, 50 kOhm, max. 300 mV at 1 kHz
  • Microphone: 7.5 mV, 50 kOhm

Aux: 150 mV, 50 kOhm

• • Tape Play 1, 2: 150 mV, 50 kOhm

Tape Play DIN: 150 mV, 50 kOhm

• • Antenna FM/MW: 75, 300 Ohm / 300 Ohm
  • Main In: 2 V, 50 kOhm
• Number of outputs:
  • Tape Rec 1, 2: 150 mV
  • Tape Rec DIN: 30 mV, 80 kOhm
  • Pre Out: 2 V, 1 kOhm
  • Headphones (6.3mm jack):
  • 3 speaker pairs

Technical Data

Amplifier

• Continuous power (at distortion):
  • 8 Ohm: 2x 270 W
  • 4 Ohm:
• Dynamic power:
  • 8 Ohm:
  • 4 Ohm:
• Total harmonic distortion: < 0.03%
• Attenuation factor: 40 (at 8 ohms)
• Frequency response:
  • Phono: 20 - 20,000 Hz, ± 0.2 dB.

High Level: 5 - 80,000 Hz, +0 dB, -1 dB

• • Power Amplifier: 5 - 100,000 Hz

Signal-to-noise ratio:

• • Phono: 87 dB

High Level: 100 dB

• • Power Amplifier: 120 dB
• Tone control:
  • Bass:
    • at 50 Hz: ± 5 dB
    • at 100 Hz: ± 10 dB

treble:

• • • at 10 kHz: ± 10 dB
    • at 20 kHz: ± 5 dB

Loudness: yes, +6 dB at 100 Hz, +3 dB at 10 kHz

• Low Filter: yes, 12 dB / octave at 15 Hz
• High Filter: yes, 12 dB / octave at 8 kHz
• Mute: yes, -20 dB

Tuner

• Reception: UKW/MW
• Frequencies:
  • FM: 88 - 108 MHz
  • MW: 535 - 1605 KHz
• Input sensitivity:
  • FM: 1.5µV
  • MW: 15µV
• Frequency response: 30 - 15,000 Hz (+0.2 dB, -0.5 dB)
• Distortion factor:
  • FM, 1 kHz: < 0.07% (mono), < 0.1% (stereo).
• Signal-to-noise ratio:
  • FM: 83 dB (mono), 74 dB (stereo)

MW: 55 dB

• Channel separation: 50 dB (1kHz)
• selectivity: 80 dB
• Co-wave selection: 1.0 dB
• Spurious wave selection:
  • FM: 80 dB

MW: 40 dB

• Image frequency attenuation:
  • FM: 120 dB
  • MW: 70 dB
• IF attenuation:
  • FM: 120 dB
  • MW: 70 dB
• AM suppression: 60 dB

Special Features

• Pre- and power amplifier separable (Main In/Pre Out)
• Microphone (6,3mm jack)
• 2 VU meters

Remarks

• Other models in the same series:
• Pioneer SX-580
• Pioneer SX-680
• Pioneer SX-780
• Pioneer SX-880
• Pioneer SX-980
• Pioneer SX-1080
• Pioneer SX-1280
• Pioneer SX-1980

Pictures

• Image: Pioneer SX-1980

• Image: Pioneer SX-1980

• Excerpt from brochure: Pioneer SX-1980

Reports

• External link: Good Old Hifi website: [1]

• External Link: "Old Fidelity" website: [2]

Links

• External Link: "Hifi Archive" website: [3]

• External link: "Hifi Museum" website: [4]

• External link: "Pioneer Vintage" website: [5]

• External Link: Classic Receivers website: [6]

• External Link: "The Vintage Knob" website: [7]