Picked this pair up recently for a bit of fun, thought some of you might like a look. One owner from new who ran them with Mission 753s back in the day.

First up the SU-VX920. This was Technics' top of the range integrated (bar the big champagne coloured jobbie with built in DAC) in the 1992-1993 catalogue. I was born in '74 so these are very much of my time. Definitely brings back a few memories. This big girl's beauty is more than skin deep though, as you'll discover when you try to lift it up - it weighs about 17kg, heavily offset to the LHS where the TWO (count 'em!) mains transformers reside. Feature count is high including MM/MC inputs, tone controls, mono mode etc. but there's also a dedicated straight through input, should you desire it, which bypasses everything except the volume control.



Super clean condition, both inside and out. For 25 years there was very little in the way of dust apparent. This photo was taken as soon as I got the lid off, nothing a quick wipe didn't clean. Perhaps the secret is that these components spent all their days in one of those tall hifi stands with the smoked glass door, I'm sure you know the type



Apparently these amps have a MosFet Voltage stage which then drives a heavier MosFet current output stage. I don't know but that's what I've read.



The only issue was a slightly crackly volume control which cleared up perfectly with a bit of exercise and no sign of any bulging capacitors anywhere, result

Next up the SL-PS900 CD palyer. Again the top of the range player for 92-93 except for the 1200 broadcast player like Macca's.



Fantastic condition and reads and loads discs perfectly. The mechanism is super smooth and quiet, nice! It's physically a big machine and comes complete with an equally big handset. The remote even had the original National (Panasonic) batteries in it and they hadn't leaked (after 25 years!), they were flat though.

They make a nice pair, here's a picture with a CD case to give an idea of scale, they're pretty chunky.



Note the Class AA markings! More A's than an Aardvark between them



They sound fantastic too, the amp is very neutral, composed and solid sounding, never seems to get flustered and has surprisingly resolution. The CD player is very dynamic and naturally detailed. TBH you could listen to these for hours and they would make a cracking system with a nice big pair of floorstanders. Technics seemed to be doing a lot right with their stuff back then, it may look mass market but it would give a lot of the hifi darlings a run for their money.