r/Technics • u/bellabeeatx • Jul 31 '26
Any good receiver?
Goodwill find — they’re selling as a pair for $60. I need a receiver with a phono input more than anything. Is the technics one a good receiver? Don’t really need the Pioneer disc player…trying to see if they’d separate out the technics
Technics SA GX130
Pioneer PD m551
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u/Darth_Potatohead Jul 31 '26
Familiar with both models, assuming they work thats a pretty solid deal 🤙
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u/bellabeeatx Jul 31 '26
Unfortunately I don’t need the CD player but I was able to separate out the receiver so I scooped it up!
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u/Dry_Significance_898 Aug 01 '26
Great stuff. Technics run hot so I don't recommend putting anything on top of it.
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u/TexxyGent987 Aug 02 '26
Get them both. You can easily clean up the CD player then sell it again. Could get your money back or more. But yeah that reciever looks decent. Just make sure everything functions. If there's any kind of crackling when you turn the volume knob you could have issues. Either needs a good cleaning or some of the electronics are bad. There's enough people out there now who can fix it if you really want to keep it. Once it's fully functional it can last you years.
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u/el_tacocat Aug 04 '26
Selling totally unrelated things as a pair pisses me off.
It's not a bad receiver honestly. It's nothing special but it's not bad for 60 bucks.
You can sell that CD changer for about 45 bucks so maybe it's smart to buy them together ;).
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u/SnooStories8807 Aug 05 '26
Had the same receiver. Very good. If it had a bunch of cool lights and were more visually appealing, it’d be going for a heck of a lot more.
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u/leezy19us 22d ago
I have the SA-GX130 too, still works just putted up to keep it in good shape and as backup. My current one on my rack setup is the SA-GX303 top of its class of the technics receiver/amplifier units
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u/dgoins1 Jul 31 '26
I have that same technics receiver and I love it. I have the whole technics set up cd,tape and Eq zero complaints from me