hifi in the 1980's

[Neil]

with this old stuff you guys are going on about - I'm trying to find a pioneer system taht was built in the 1980's sometime - it had a receiver, tape deck, turntable...now i found an old vintage website with all pioneer's stuff but not the one i'm looking for - i just cannot remember the model number of this unit.

its in the same era as the Amstrad TS-35....in the 80's sometime...  i remember seeing the advert for it in a readers digest - my uncle owned one...

[oradba69]

Pioneer Rondo 3000

[Shonver]

Rondo 2000

Edit: Nah... just read your other post. I think it is likely to be Rondo 3000.

[Neil]

i found it, still trying to find the exact model but it is based on the centrix systems... the model starts with kh-
but Rondo rings a bell....maybe they called it that - not sure...

[Viagara]

It was definitely called the Rondo 3000. The Rondo 2000 was a seperates system where the 3000 was an all-in-one.

[Shonver]

I might be able to post a pic of a Rondo 3000 tomorrow...

[frikkie]

My one, still in daily use.

KH-4455 IIRC.

Couple of things I could never understand with this unit though: It's got a surprisingly good turntable, a surprisingly good cassette deck, and a very good IC amp. It's even got aux in and record out for connecting a second deck, or a DVD player, or whatever - I'm using the record outs to record LP's to PC.

However - no Dolby on the deck (but it's got record level controls, music search, auto-repeat, and logic control...  ), a mono tuner (albeit a very good one), and the most horrid standard speakers ever designed. What were they thinking? Despite these shortcomings, they were still incredibly popular.

The biggest upgrade to a stock Rondo is throwing away the rubbish speakers and using something decent, with some nice cable. I've got a set of JPW bookshelfs hanging off mine, and it sounds great.

[Shonver]

Fixed 

[frikkie]

Fixed 

Fanks!

[Shonver]

OK, I had to try more than once 

[JacoP]

Oh man!!!
This was a lovely unit! Still is, actually...

[Neil]

yip that's exactly the one THANKYOU - how are those speakers!!!

brilliant, i wish i bought one in the 80's, kept it in the box till now and then opened it.

do you think pioneer will make me one? heheheh

[frikkie]

yip that's exactly the one THANKYOU - how are those speakers!!!

brilliant, i wish i bought one in the 80's, kept it in the box till now and then opened it.

do you think pioneer will make me one? heheheh

I got another one lying around here if you're interested. It's complete, but not sure in what condition it is - I've never plugged it in.

[Neil]

you've got another one lying around - same model?

[Viagara]

and the most horrid standard speakers ever designed. What were they thinking?

Thats for sure. I think the Rondo 2000 used the same speakers. A friend of mine had the 3000 and eventually bought a pair of Yamaha speakers from me(can't remember model - They were big, white and had 12" woofers, 3 -way) and that combination sounded way better.