[Giganews]

"Jack" wrote in message ...
This is a great piece with one little problem. Often, when switching the
unit on, the left channel is out, no sound. Turning the volume up always
kicks it in. Often the volume has to be turned up severely to accomplish
this so I tried doing it with the speakers switched off. Switch off
speakers, turn volume up to max, turn volume down to min, switch
speakers on, turn volume up a bit and the sound is back in both
channels. In addition, after getting both channels to work, after 10 to
20 minutes, give or take 5, the left channel goes out again.

The SX 838 was a great machine in its day, which if memory serves was about
40 years ago.

Today you can get an equivalent 100 wpc stereo receiver for under $100.

I recently investigated local summer clearance sales and obtained a
full-fledged 100 wpc 5.1 receiver from a top manufacturer for only a little
more than that. It was easy to configure as a proper 100 wpc 2.1 channel
system control center with A/V source selection, as well as digital and
analog audio inputs with separately adjustable delay, gain and a 7 band
equalizer for each speaker. The internal AM and FM tuners were among the
best I have ever had.