{"id":8378,"date":"2026-04-07T19:31:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/?page_id=8378"},"modified":"2026-04-07T21:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:32:07","slug":"the-fisher-500tx","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/index.php\/receivers\/the-fisher-500tx\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fisher 500TX"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"8378\" class=\"elementor elementor-8378\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d00efb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8d00efb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44d6a797 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44d6a797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Fisher 500TX<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10af7ff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10af7ff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>$700<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e4741c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8e4741c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-bench-1024x768.jpg\" 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600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8360'>\n\t\t\t\tbottom\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"428a821b\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx autoscan\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM1OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtYXV0b3NjYW4tc2NhbGVkLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjQyOGE4MjFiIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-autoscan-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-autoscan-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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photos<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4602eee4 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"4602eee4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-8378 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx front 1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM3MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtZnJvbnQtMS1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNDYwMmVlZTQifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-1-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx front 2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM3NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtZnJvbnQtMi1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNDYwMmVlZTQifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx front 3\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM3NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtZnJvbnQtMy1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNDYwMmVlZTQifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-3-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-front-3-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx 3q left\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM2NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtM3EtbGVmdC1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNDYwMmVlZTQifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-3q-left-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-3q-left-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-3q-left-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-3q-left-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx 3q right\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM2NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtM3EtcmlnaHQtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjQ2MDJlZWU0In0%3D\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-3q-right-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-3q-right-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-3q-right-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-3q-right-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx right\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM3NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtcmlnaHQtc2NhbGVkLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjQ2MDJlZWU0In0%3D\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-right-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-right-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-right-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-right-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx left\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM3NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtbGVmdC1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNDYwMmVlZTQifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-left-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-left-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-left-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-left-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx top\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM2NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtdG9wLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0NjAyZWVlNCJ9\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-top-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-top-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-top-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-top-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx back 1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM2NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtYmFjay0xLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0NjAyZWVlNCJ9\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-1-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8367'>\n\t\t\t\tnote wired remote control\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx back 2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM2OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtYmFjay0yLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0NjAyZWVlNCJ9\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx back 3\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM2OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtYmFjay0zLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0NjAyZWVlNCJ9\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-3-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-back-3-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8369'>\n\t\t\t\tnote no AM bar antenna\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx blem 2\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM3MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtYmxlbS0yLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0NjAyZWVlNCJ9\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-blem-2-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-blem-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-blem-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-blem-2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8372'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;FM&#8221; missing\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4602eee4\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"500tx blem 1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODM3MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL3NvbGlkc3RhdGVzdGVyZW8uY29tXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI2XC8wNFwvNTAwdHgtYmxlbS0xLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0NjAyZWVlNCJ9\" href='https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-blem-1-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-blem-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-8371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-blem-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/500tx-blem-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-8371'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8220;AC off&#8221; partially gone\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40e8b8c6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"40e8b8c6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-557c68ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"557c68ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Restoration notes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11e2cd73 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11e2cd73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Beyond the list of standard restoration steps <a href=\"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">detailed on the main page<\/span><\/a>, here are some added notes for this unit<\/em> :<\/p><p>I purchased this from a local collector who had recently acquired it.\u00a0 &#8220;No sound&#8221; but exterior condition was very good.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">500TX background<\/span><\/p><p>This was The Fisher&#8217;s TOTL solid state receiver in 1969.\u00a0 As was the practice, the TOTL products got unusual &#8220;premium&#8221; features.\u00a0 In this case, it was FM &#8220;Tune-O-Matic&#8221; with Autoscan.\u00a0 The user could set up to 4 FM stations that had push-button access (like car radios at the time).\u00a0 Autoscan is the ability to have the tuner move up or down the FM band stopping at the next strong station.\u00a0 Both features are electronic and do not use\/change the normal tuning mechanism.\u00a0 A wired remote was available to use Austoscan from up to 30 feet away.\u00a0 I purchased the correct\/working remote separately and it is included in the sale price.<\/p><p>Finally, while the 500TX was meant for North America (120V, 60Hz), there was also an international version (switchable input for 240V, 50Hz) that was called the 800T.\u00a0 These units are otherwise identical (despite some listings for the 800T erroneously calling it &#8220;the big brother of the 500TX&#8221;, etc).<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Initial inspection<\/span><\/p><p>While I was glad to see all the knobs had the metal caps (often missing), there were some cosmetic issues (see photos).<\/p><ol><li>\u00a0The AM bar antenna was removed from the back.\u00a0 I was OK with this as the original bar antenna was rather ugly and most folks don&#8217;t use AM anyway.\u00a0 There are screws for hooking up an external AM antenna.<\/li><li>Addition of preamp out \/ amp in RCAs using added holes in the back vent.\u00a0 I was not OK with this and removed all the non-original hardware to restore the designer intended signal flow.\u00a0 The added holes are still visible if you look at the back closely.<\/li><li>The finish on the metal cabinet looked rather distressed, so I sanded it down to metal and resprayed with satin black paint.<\/li><li>The faceplate has some text rubbed off.\u00a0 The top position on the Selector should say &#8220;FM&#8221; and &#8220;AC OFF&#8221;\u00a0 is partially gone at the 7 o-clock position on the Volume knob (all the way counter-clockwise shuts the unit off).<\/li><li>The power supply board had some changes made that were not properly done.\u00a0 I suspect this is because accessing the back sides of all the boards in this receiver appears daunting at first.\u00a0 There were also discolored areas under high wattage resistors which is typical and often totally OK.\u00a0 Finally, someone had tried to jam the wrong size fuses into the clips on the power supply board.\u00a0 They were also the wrong value.\u00a0 I installed correct &#8220;cartridge&#8221; size fuses.<\/li><li>Incorrect main fuse (was 5A fast blow, replaced with correct 2A slow blow)<\/li><\/ol><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Initial power-up and testing<\/span><\/p><p>Several of the lower voltage supplies were out of spec.\u00a0 I traced this back to 2 faulty Zener diodes which were replaced with good results. Each Zener circuit had 2W resistors which were apparently modified by someone who did not realize the Zeners were bad (?)\u00a0 Anyway, installed 2 new 5W resistors with correct impedance while recapping the module.<\/p><p>Finally, one of the main rectifier diodes had been replaced.\u00a0 I installed 4 new correct\/matching diodes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>I detail all this to give folks a sense of all the things that can be wrong with a vintage receiver &#8211; even though none of these fairly serious issues would have impacted a quick functional test.<\/p><p>After cleaning all the switch contacts and lubing all the pots, functional testing showed an issue with the left channel (very weak).\u00a0 I tracked this to the tone control board and then saw that one of the old signal capacitors had totally destroyed itself.\u00a0 \u00a0Recapping this board and the main amplifier brought the unit to life (Aux path sounding very good).<\/p><p>The FM tuner was somewhat operational, but needed attention.\u00a0 Some bad lamps were replaced.\u00a0 A bad solder joint was found\/repaired while recapping the tuner modules. FM stereo sound was then heard and the &#8220;stereobeacon&#8221; lamp operated correctly.\u00a0 The Tune-O-Matic functions were then found to be fully functional along with Autoscan (with and without the wired remote control).<\/p><p>Autoscan mode repurposes the signal meter &#8211; using the needle to move up or down a tiny FM dial that lights up in this mode. Very interesting engineering.<\/p><p>This is a very nice sounding cap-coupled receiver.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54be2fe1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54be2fe1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bench measurements<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412f1f9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"412f1f9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Late 1960s amplifier specs are alway interesting to read.\u00a0 In this case, The Fisher states &#8220;65\/65&#8221; watts, 0.5% max THD, driving 8 ohms <strong><em>at 1,000 Hz.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>While &#8220;65\/65&#8221; is confusing to me, the service manual confirms this is not &#8220;65 + 65&#8221; saying to <strong><em>only test one channel at a time.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p>Anyway, not the normal\/modern test conditions, so buyer beware that those original specs (often repeated out of context) are inflated.<\/p><p>My results : <strong>38 watts per channel<\/strong>\u00a0 with both channels driving 8 ohms from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz at 0.5% distortion max.<\/p><p>Plenty of power for most any room\/speakers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d127f82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d127f82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Some reference links<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c2fea1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"77c2fea1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>hifiengine\u00a0 :\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hifiengine.com\/manual_library\/fisher\/500-tx.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.hifiengine.com\/manual_library\/fisher\/500-tx.shtml<\/a><\/p><p>Classic Receivers\u00a0 :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/classicreceivers.com\/fisher-800-t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/classicreceivers.com\/fisher-800-t<\/a><\/p><p>this write-up includes nice discussion on the 500TX vs 800T<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beb7ac7 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"beb7ac7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fisher 500TX $700 Examples of interior restoration results (click on photos to expand) top right left back with outputs amplifier bottom autoscan tone amp preamp, power supply 1 power supply 2 Exterior photos note wired remote control note no AM bar antenna &#8220;FM&#8221; missing &#8220;AC off&#8221; partially gone Restoration notes Beyond the list of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":130,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8378","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8378"}],"version-history":[{"count":91,"href":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8474,"href":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8378\/revisions\/8474"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solidstatestereo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}