Yeah the 1970s was their last decade for good gear for both companies. Although I did pick up a 5-way Kenwood bookshelf speaker in the 1980s that was only sold in Japan that was probably better than any of the similar speakers on the market at the time from Pioneer, Sony, Technics, Yamaha, Hitachi, Onkyo, and similar. Usually included with their complete component hi-fi systems (rack systems) that were popular in the 1970s and 1980s.
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index....-kl-a900x.882/
Marketing called the 15" woofers 17" because they were measuring the surround instead of the cone.
BTW
when I googled for vintage hi-fi brands I came across this.
The Most Powerful Vintage Receivers of All Time
1. Technics SA-1000 – 330 WPC
2. Marantz 2600 – 300 WPC
3. Sansui G-33000 – 300 WPC
4. Pioneer SX-1980 – 270 WPC
5. Marantz 2500 – 250 WPC
6. Sansui G-22000 – 220 WPC
7. Sansui G-9700 – 200 WPC
8. Kenwood KR-9050 – 200 WPC
9. Hitachi SR-2004 – 200 WPC
10. Marantz 2385 – 185 WPC
11. Pioneer SX-1280 – 185 WPC
12. Technics SA-5770 – 185 WPC
I owned three from that list 1, 6, and 8. I must have let wattage specs influence my buying habits too much back then.
The Technics SA-1000 is what made me a big Technics fanboy during the 1970s and 1980s.
My all-time favorite hi-fi amplifier I've owned was a Technics (*100-watts x 2) integrated amp from the 1980s that they called a class AAA amp.
*110?
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