eBay impulse buy! - Accuphase E-202 amp

[jandl100]

There I was yesterday evening, just casually browsing thru the eBay amp listings when this little cutie caught my attention.

£195 BIN price with Best Offer option. After a quick peruse using a well known internet search engine I didn't bother with the Best Offer bit - I just bought the thing outright!



It sure looks the biz, and weighs in at getting on for 20Kg.

Anyone got any experience or thoughts about it?
Strange, but I can't see the sensor for the remote control on the amp's front fascia ....

[The Grand Wazoo]

Hi Jerry,
I'm jealous, very jealous indeed. Your description of it as a little cutie is perhaps a trifle understated! If it's in good nick & working well, you got a fair deal.

100 wpc, variable speaker damping, two tape loops & an extra tape in/out on the front panel, two TT inputs. Build is fantastically sturdy.
I think you may like it.

[hifi_dave]

Cheap as chips. I bought one from E-Bay a few months ago for a little bit more than your's but I have seen them for far more.

I, actually, did the first review in Hi-Fi for Pleasure of the E-202 back in the late 70's and at that time it was a stunning piece of kit. Not only sound but of course the style and build. Even nowadays the construction is far in advance of most hi-fi. Sadly, the sound isn't all that but it's good fun anyway.

Oh, no remote by the way.

[DSJR]

A bit "double-cream" on the sound as I remember. Controls can go noisy with age and watch the caps too by now.

As for lustability, these old Accuphase units are awsome and I'd certainly make space for one. The tuners were around the state of the art back then as well, although there were a small handful of others snapping at their heels by 1977-78

Actually, let's put it this way. Would you rather have the E202, or a new Rotel or Cambridge, or even a Nait?????????

[jandl100]

Oh, no remote by the way.

Yeah - I know - I was only kidding!

I've fancied a vintage doo-dad looker for my shelves for quite a while, but the Marantz quad beauties I was lusting over normally fetch twice this much.

[The Grand Wazoo]

Actually, let's put it this way. Would you rather have the E202, or a new Rotel or Cambridge, or even a Nait?????????

Exactly - what else does 200 quid get you?

[Marco]

Exactly - what else does 200 quid get you?

Indeed - very nice, Jerry!

The Accuphase is eminently tweakable, too... One wonders what a full re-cap would do, for example?

Marco.

[jandl100]

The Accuphase is eminently tweakable, too... One wonders what a full re-cap would do, for example?

Marco.

Yep - I was wondering, too.

I'll see if I like the basic sq, and then whether I want to get it nicely sorted! ... I may come back for reccies of the best way to do this.

[Marco]

No problemo

Like you say, see of you like the basic SQ, and then take it from there...

Did you ever go for that AT phono stage?

Marco.

[jandl100]

Did you ever go for that AT phono stage?

Marco.

Nope - not yet.

I'm happy enough with the 'stage on-board my UR UnicoPRE, but I'll probably need an offboarder for the PieFi Show, so I'll see what's available nearer the time. The AT is certainly on my shortlist.