An interesting Viking receiver came my direction a while back, Viking was the house brand for a Canadian department store called Eatons. Back in the 70's and 80's Sears, Eatons and Woodwards all had some sort of department house line of stereo equipment.
These units were always made in Japan at the time and branded under their own name.
This Viking SC 5813 receiver is also branded under Lafayette LR-3030 and the Setton RS-229 models, although the Setton had some differences.
This unit was from 1977 and was rated at 30 watts per channel. It had the classic silver face of that era and has a warmer tube sound to it but as with all solid state units they never reveal all the detail in the music due to the complexity of the circuits verse a Single Ended tube amp.
Eatons department store is long gone and these units are pretty rare to find, this one is in really good condition, so a pretty cool find in the vintage audio world.
These units were always made in Japan at the time and branded under their own name.
This Viking SC 5813 receiver is also branded under Lafayette LR-3030 and the Setton RS-229 models, although the Setton had some differences.
This unit was from 1977 and was rated at 30 watts per channel. It had the classic silver face of that era and has a warmer tube sound to it but as with all solid state units they never reveal all the detail in the music due to the complexity of the circuits verse a Single Ended tube amp.
Eatons department store is long gone and these units are pretty rare to find, this one is in really good condition, so a pretty cool find in the vintage audio world.
