{"id":1428,"date":"2018-02-15T18:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T02:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/?p=1428"},"modified":"2025-09-28T08:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T16:30:54","slug":"toshiba-aurex-system-10-still-playing-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/2018\/02\/15\/toshiba-aurex-system-10-still-playing-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Toshiba Aurex System 10: Still Playing After All Those Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the last week of January of this year, I was reunited with my vintage <strong>Toshiba Aurex System 10<\/strong> hi-fi stereo set that I had been using in Manila since 1984.<\/p>\n<p>I purchased the micro hi-fi system back in 1982 in the commercial district of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Al-Batha+Commercial+Center\/@24.639834,46.7149068,15z\/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x883872ca8ba52819!8m2!3d24.639678!4d46.7172242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Al-Batha, Saudi Arabia<\/a>.\u00a0 It was the height of the oil kingdom&#8217;s industrial phase, and I actually worked in the district of Al-Hair -about 20 minutes from the capital city of Riyadh- for a business conglomerate owned by a sheik.<\/p>\n<p>Life was not only lonely but also very boring in a country whose religion is Sunni Islam and where <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sharia\">Sharia laws<\/a> are strictly enforced.\u00a0 Moreover, I was there to make a living and not as a tourist on a short visit to explore and enjoy the desert kingdom.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1434\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1434\" style=\"width: 1216px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1434 size-full\" title=\"The unit was way ahead of its time with state-of-the-art electronics, aluminum chassis, metal knobs and excellent overall design. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem10.jpg\" alt=\"The unit was way ahead of its time with state-of-the-art electronics, aluminum chassis, metal knobs and excellent overall design. \" width=\"1216\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem10.jpg 1216w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem10-350x309.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem10-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem10-1024x903.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem10-768x677.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem10-1200x1058.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Toshiba Aurex System 10 as it appeared in a German hi-fi catalog layout in 1979, with dimensions shown. Top to bottom: SB-A10 amplifier, ST-T10 hi-fi AM\/FM tuner, and PC-D10 dual-head, stereo cassette tape deck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During our day-offs -Friday and Saturday- we usually go to the big city to window shop, meet friends or relatives of friends, hang around in a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/King_Abdullah_Park,_Riyadh\">park<\/a> where most ex-pats congregate, or just about anything to keep our sanity until we finish the terms of our work contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, after our working hours, listening to music on our stereo systems provided us with some of our great joys while we watched the sun transition from a fiery ball of yellow to a magnificent m\u00e9lange of orange hues as it hides behind the sand dunes.<\/p>\n<p>The late 70s up to the mid-80s was the peak of hi-fi&#8217;s golden years as digital music began its <em>slow-but-sure<\/em> march to take over the entire musical landscape.\u00a0 I could still recall those early models of CD players were priced as high as US$ 1,000 plus in the few electronics &amp; audio shops that showcased them.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, Sony had been dominating the music scene after the huge success of the <strong>Walkman<\/strong>.\u00a0 Because of its portability &amp; affordability, it also made the compact cassette tape the <em>de-facto<\/em> standard.<\/p>\n<p>At music shops in Riyadh in the 80s, the average price of an original music cassette was about 10 riyals (about US$ 3) while the bootleg version was about 3 riyals (US$ 0.90).\u00a0 Like any marketing ploy, the so-called &#8216;<strong>metal tapes<\/strong>&#8216; (type 4), of course, provided the best sound if you have the appropriate cassette tape deck\/player.<\/p>\n<p>I bought the <strong>Toshiba Aurex System 10<\/strong> after I had saved enough money and had grown tired of listening to my growing collection of <strong>music cassette tapes<\/strong> on my portable cassette player.<\/p>\n<p>I emphasized <strong>music cassette tapes<\/strong> since plain audio cassettes were also the very popular media ex-pats used to record and send messages to their loved ones back home as the Internet was still reserved for a few people in the academe and government back then.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1440\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3692.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1440 size-full\" title=\"All machined-aluminum casings!!! Toshiba used the best in electronics such as toroidal capacitors, leading-edge FETS &amp; ICs during those days! \" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3692.jpg\" alt=\"All machined-aluminum casings!!! Toshiba used the best in electronics such as toroidal capacitors, leading-edge FETS &amp; ICs during those days! \" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3692.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3692-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3692-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3692-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3692-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3692-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1440\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via the AUX (auxiliary) jack, this vintage Toshiba Aurex System 10 can still play today&#8217;s digital devices &#8211;iPods, CDs, and, yes, MiniDiscs as well as DAT (digital audio tape) players.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prior to my purchase, I had just watched with envy as my coworkers -especially the senior ones with much fatter paychecks- unloaded and unboxed their expensive, high-end stereo systems with huge speaker sets inside their villas.<\/p>\n<p>Sansui, Denon, NAD, McIntosh, Nakamichi, Tannoy, Pioneer, Marantz, Bang &amp; Olufsen, JBL, Teac, Grundig, Kenwood, and other leading Japanese, American, and European hi-fi brands were the buzzwords those days.\u00a0 And those systems <em><strong>were really manufactured in Japan, the U.S., and Europe<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I had visited several audio shops in downtown Riyadh before I decided on the micro-sized <strong>Toshiba Aurex System 10<\/strong> because of its uniqueness, design, and almost magical impression on me.<\/p>\n<p>I bought it discounted but complete with a pair of black <strong>Aurex (S12W) 80-watts bookshelf speakers<\/strong> for about US$800.\u00a0 It has a more sophisticated -and expensive- sibling in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/2021\/08\/25\/toshiba-aurex-system-15-two-ways-to-tango-in-the-present\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>System 15<\/strong> (about US$1,200 <strong><em>without speakers<\/em><\/strong>) but it was just way beyond my budget at that time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1441\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3693.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1441 size-full\" title=\"The tropical heat and humidity of Manila is no match for the durability of the Toshiba Aurex System 10. The sound is still clean, detailed, powerful and nicely musical.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3693.jpg\" alt=\"The tropical heat and humidity of Manila is no match for the durability of the Toshiba Aurex System 10. The sound is still clean, detailed, powerful and nicely musical.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3693.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3693-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3693-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3693-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3693-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CIMG3693-1200x900.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The PC-D10 cassette tape deck simply needs the replacement of a few rubber belts inside. The DC motor &amp; tape heads still function well. This unit has manual tape controls.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Both models were spectacularly designed and housed in high-grade aluminum chassis that made them withstand the elements as well as high-quality internal electronic components.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And, as a bonus, the Aurex models that were sold in the Middle East had<em><strong> power supply voltage selector switches <\/strong><\/em>so that AC power input can be set to either <strong>115V or 230V<\/strong> -depending on where you are or what country you&#8217;ll plug them in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So what are the differences?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/2021\/08\/25\/toshiba-aurex-system-15-two-ways-to-tango-in-the-present\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>System 15<\/strong><\/a> has a beautiful main amplifier (<strong>SC-M15<\/strong>) housed in a one-piece diecast aluminum with an all-DC toroidal transformer that drives <strong>40 watts per channel into 8 ohms (or, 100 watts in &#8216;BTL&#8217; mode).<\/strong> The back of the amp has professional-grade connectors (<em>screw-on<\/em> and &#8216;<em>banana&#8217;<\/em> plug) for 2 sets of speakers.<\/p>\n<p>The separate pre-amp<strong> (SY-C15) <\/strong>came with <strong>2 phono<\/strong> inputs, a variety of switches typically found in bigger high-end stereo systems plus <strong>gold-plated contacts<\/strong> for all the RCA jacks at the back.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>FM-only<\/strong> tuner (<strong>ST-F15<\/strong>) has a <strong>VFD<\/strong> (vacuum fluorescent<strong>) digital <\/strong>display with a <strong>10-button<\/strong> direct\/up-down push-button tuning with memory presets capability.<\/p>\n<p>And, finally, a better metal-capable tape deck (<strong>PC-D15<\/strong>) that utilized <strong>two (2) separate DC motors<\/strong> to drive the reels.\u00a0 A <em><strong>touch-key tape operation<\/strong><\/em> control pad perfectly complemented the elegant unit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1437\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1437\" style=\"width: 1159px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1437 size-full\" title=\"Today, this vintage micro-component system still commands a decent price among collectors!!!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem15.jpg\" alt=\"Today, this vintage micro-component system still command a decent price among collectors!!!\" width=\"1159\" height=\"1324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem15.jpg 1159w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem15-350x400.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem15-263x300.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem15-896x1024.jpg 896w, https:\/\/www.marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/AurexSystem15-768x877.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The very elegant Toshiba Aurex System 15. Including a pair of speakers, it would have cost me a month of my salary back in 1982! Top to bottom: SC-M15 main power amplifier, SY-C15 pre-amp, ST-F15 FM-only digital tuner, and the PC-D15 stereo cassette deck with 2-motors plus IC-logic control.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>System 10 was a much simpler set with just 3 pieces. <strong>\u00a0<\/strong> An integrated amplifier (<strong>SB-A10)<\/strong> that&#8217;s also encased in extruded aluminum with a much smaller DC toroidal power transformer that drives <strong>20 watts per channel into 8 ohms<\/strong>, an FM\/AM tuner (<strong>ST-T10<\/strong>) with an old-school, knob &amp; scale tuning, and a tape deck (<strong>PC-D10<\/strong>) with a <strong>single servo motor<\/strong> to drive the flywheel &amp; reels plus <em><strong>manual tape operation<\/strong><\/em> controls.<\/p>\n<p>You could actually mix and match decks or components from either system and even use two (2) <strong>SC-M15 <\/strong>amplifiers<b><\/b> in monaural mode via the BTL (bridge tied load\/ bridged transformerless) feature to drive a massive 100 watts per channel.<\/p>\n<p>There were cheaper mid-sized\/micro components options during those days like<strong> Sony&#8217;s FH-7<\/strong> or <strong>Technics&#8217; Concise<\/strong> series but most of them used either plastic or sheet metal housing and did not look as elegant as Toshiba&#8217;s Aurex System 15 and 10.<\/p>\n<p>After 36 years, I am still amazed how this vintage hi-fi system can remain to look so beautiful and elegant as some of today&#8217;s latest digital audio decks and sound so impressively&#8211; after I hooked up either my <a href=\"http:\/\/marcoscarpio.com\/wordpress\/allflac-high-definition-audio-players\/\"><strong>FiiO<\/strong> <\/a>(X2 and X3 Mark III) high-resolution audio players, the <strong>iPod Classic <\/strong>or, yes, a<strong> Sony Discman<\/strong> via the amp&#8217;s auxiliary input.<\/p>\n<p>Some things are just way ahead of their times.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the last week of January of this year, I was reunited with my vintage Toshiba Aurex System 10 hi-fi stereo set that I had been using in Manila since 1984. 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