JVC RX-307 Stereo Receiver – 80 WPC, Original Remote & Manual

Eighty watts a side, a proper phono input, and the two things these almost never come with any more: the original remote and the printed manual.

That matters more than it sounds. A receiver from this era without its handset is a receiver you operate by walking across the room, because the remote controls functions that have no front-panel equivalent on most units of the period. Third-party replacements are a lottery. This one has the correct JVC RM-SR307U, and the manual that tells you what every button does.

The RX-307 comes from 1991, when JVC was building receivers with digitally synthesized tuning and real power supplies behind the badge. Eighty watts per channel into 8 ohms, and JVC rated that honestly — both channels driven, 40 hertz to 20 kilohertz, at under 0.03% distortion, which is a stricter way of quoting power than most of its competitors used. The amplifier is happy with anything from 8 to 16 ohms.

It is better equipped than the price suggests. Volume is motor-driven, so the remote turns the actual knob rather than working around it. There are two full tape loops with dubbing between them, two switchable speaker pairs, a surround mode, a headphone socket, and a switched AC outlet on the back for a turntable or a deck.

The tuner is a digital synthesizer design covering FM and AM, with ten presets, auto memory and an FM mode mute, read off a multi-function fluorescent display rather than an analogue dial. There is a moving-magnet phono input, so a turntable connects directly without a separate preamplifier — increasingly the deciding feature on a receiver of this age, and one that later models quietly dropped.

Round the back it carries COMPU LINK-3 Synchro, JVC’s system-control bus. With other COMPU LINK components the receiver switches sources and starts transports automatically, and the front panel wears the COMPU LINK Remote III badge to match.

The finish is black, and at just over seventeen inches wide and five high it sits neatly on a shelf without dominating it.

Condition is Very Good.

A few relevant specifications:

A well-specified early-nineties receiver that arrives complete — remote, manual and a phono stage — which is not how most of them turn up.

Available for pickup in Kanata, or shipped across Canada and internationally — we have sent equipment to fifteen countries in the past year, each piece packed in-house in 275 lb test double-wall boxes. Live shipping rates for your address are calculated at checkout. Backed by Radique Audio’s Bumper-to-Bumper Warranty and our Perpetual Trade-Back Program. Available for audition by appointment in Kanata.

JVC RX-307 stereo receiver Specifications

• AM/FM stereo receiver, model RX-307TN, digital synthesizer tuning
• Power output 80 watts per channel into 8 ohms, both channels driven, 40 Hz to 20 kHz, under 0.03% THD
• Frequency response 20 Hz to 20 kHz
• Signal-to-noise ratio 70 dB (MM phono), 91 dB (line)
• Input sensitivity 2.5 mV (MM phono), 200 mV (line)
• Moving-magnet phono input
• Motor-driven volume control
• COMPU LINK-3 Synchro system control; COMPU LINK Remote III
• Two tape loops with dubbing; CD and phono inputs
• Two switchable speaker pairs; front headphone socket
• Surround mode
• Ten tuner presets with auto memory and FM mode mute
• Bass, treble and balance controls
• Switched AC convenience outlet, 180 W / 1.5 A maximum
• Speaker load impedance 8 to 16 ohms
• FM 300-ohm and 75-ohm antenna inputs, AM loop
• Black finish
• Original JVC RM-SR307U remote control included
• Original printed owner’s manual included
• Dimensions: (Width x Height x Depth) 17.1 x 5.0 x 13.0 inches (435 x 126 x 330 mm)
• Weight: 18.3 lbs (8.3 kg)

⚠️ Important Information for International Buyers

This unit is configured for North American 110/120V power. Buyers outside North America will require a step-down transformer and appropriate plug adapter.

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