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Location: Northumberland
Posts: 31
I'm Scott.
Sony TA-F540E
Anyone know the story behind this underated gem?
Recently acquired a lovely mint boxed one of these for pennies! Even still has its warranty card!
Great build quality, lovely huge Sony ES transformer inside, no stupid tone controls to mess about with
Why exactly did Sony badge this as a run of the mill E model?
Something tells me this was possibly Sony's attempt to compete with the Pioneer A400 for the UK market?
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Location: London
Posts: 4,419
I'm Robert.
Can only say that what these can be picked up for is a blessing for any hifi nut on a budget, nice build and plenty power, what's not to like ?
Phono stage will be ok but stages do tend to become really good higher up the range you go with japanese integrated amps.
My System:
Amplification - Sansui AU-alpha 707 DR
Turntable - Technics SP10 MK2-Technics EPA-250 Tonearm-Yannis Tome 423.5Plus tonearm cable-Eichmann KLEI Absolute Harmony plugs.
Ortofon Cadenza Black moving coil cartridge-Fritz Gyger S re-tip. Panzerholz plinth.
CDP - Pioneer PD-91
Speakers - Spendor D7 on Soundcare SuperSpikes
QED Silver Spiral speaker cable-airloc banana plugs
Mains - Ultra Pure silver plated un-switched socket-Missing link EPS 500 silver plated plugs-Hi-Fi Tuning gold plated silver ceramic 13 amp fuses
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