VanDerGraaf
21-08-2020, 21:45
As part of an overall clearout, this imposing slice of late 80's tech is now for sale:
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This example is pretty*clean; there are marks and little scratches but you have to look for them. The front panel is in excellent shape. Also benefits from being one owner from new (3 decades of ownership) until I got it, it has the original paper manual included. All knobs and switches are noise free.*
Plenty of power, 100w/ch into 8Ω@20hz to 20Khz. MC/MM stages. 13 or 14kg depending on who you ask!
Lots of very positive reviews online. As with some other top Japanese integrateds of the era, it sports an onboard dac, this one featuring 4 TI PCM-56P chips, coax and optical in.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50243889736_c8f4e37580_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jxT4WY) (https://flic.kr/p/2jxT4WY)
Also has a "Power Amp Direct" mode which I used all the time- despite the name, it's actually a complete bypass of the preamp with only the volume knob left in circuit. Handily works in digital or analog mode.
Some more photos*below.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49756544868_83e4e2ee89_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iNPiif) (https://flic.kr/p/2iNPiif)
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50252628036_964f20bfdb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyDRxj) (https://flic.kr/p/2jyDRxj)
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Some more info and specs*HERE*and*HERE.*No nonsense technical review (remember those?)*HERE.
£250 plus postage (will be properly protected), or pickup from Glasgow (where hifi interest is like life in the Atacama).
Could be*interested in swap/px for vintage dacs.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50252632266_59a0631934_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyDSNf)[/url] (https://flic.kr/p/2jyDSNf)
This example is pretty*clean; there are marks and little scratches but you have to look for them. The front panel is in excellent shape. Also benefits from being one owner from new (3 decades of ownership) until I got it, it has the original paper manual included. All knobs and switches are noise free.*
Plenty of power, 100w/ch into 8Ω@20hz to 20Khz. MC/MM stages. 13 or 14kg depending on who you ask!
Lots of very positive reviews online. As with some other top Japanese integrateds of the era, it sports an onboard dac, this one featuring 4 TI PCM-56P chips, coax and optical in.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50243889736_c8f4e37580_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jxT4WY) (https://flic.kr/p/2jxT4WY)
Also has a "Power Amp Direct" mode which I used all the time- despite the name, it's actually a complete bypass of the preamp with only the volume knob left in circuit. Handily works in digital or analog mode.
Some more photos*below.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49756544868_83e4e2ee89_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iNPiif) (https://flic.kr/p/2iNPiif)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49756513758_afefbc482b_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iNP93S) (https://flic.kr/p/2iNP93S)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49756630113_40326c06b5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2iNPJCZ) (https://flic.kr/p/2iNPJCZ)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50252695947_850fa8cf76_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyEcJc) (https://flic.kr/p/2jyEcJc)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50252693727_6e11e02fa5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyEc4V) (https://flic.kr/p/2jyEc4V)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50252628036_964f20bfdb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyDRxj) (https://flic.kr/p/2jyDRxj)
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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50253022282_8251258a5d_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyFSJE) (https://flic.kr/p/2jyFSJE)
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50252769592_7386d55fcf_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jyEzBW) [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/145145498@N07/] (https://flic.kr/p/2jyEzBW)
Some more info and specs*HERE*and*HERE.*No nonsense technical review (remember those?)*HERE.
£250 plus postage (will be properly protected), or pickup from Glasgow (where hifi interest is like life in the Atacama).
Could be*interested in swap/px for vintage dacs.