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Pics of my new sony ES system, my little present to myself

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rockin1150

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I picked up a Sony Ta-n700es with the matching 500es tuner and es tape deck for a easy $65, included pics, but all I can say about the amp is :thmbsp: blows the kenwood ht receiver away, like no comparison really, but I do miss the loudness function as the bass is a little thin... love the new system though. happy holidays! It will be a good christmas for me now!:smoke: :D:D:D:D

TVK LINK:

http://www.thevintageknob.org/SONY/sonyes/TAF700800ES/TAF700800ES.html
 
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So much power and dynamic headroom! I wish I had known what these vintage sony amps could do... I would have shelled out a bunch had i heard one... cheers! :smoke:
 
Nice, I was wondering what series of nichicons they were.... I am really stoked because aside from cleaning the controls with tuner cleaner, the amp really performs, but now I have to wait until late tomorrow to listen again :tears: I am waiting like a kid again! I just wanna listen to my tunes! lol
 
Congrats on your new acquisistions, nice gear. I have several ES pieces including a 500ES Int Amp, 500 ES tuner and 3 ES cd players dating back to my ES7. I'm sure you will enjoy them. Rock solid performers, and tremendous values.
 
Blue Shadow said:
Nice stuff. Guess we'll see a new signature soon.

Here is that link in your edit:

http://www.audioscope.net/sony-taf-700-es-p-971.html
Click to expand...

I wish I had known about AudioScope last winter. I sold a, ST-A7B tuner for $279 and I thought I did OK. It had 4 bad solder joints but they have one listed now for 1669 Euro. Oh, well.

I don't know why the bass would be light with it. I have one and it sounds fine. I had the EXT Adaptor jacks wired for Pre Out/Power Amp In.
 
Hardly any of the stuff at Audioscope seems to sell. I think they price their gear a tad too high, to put it mildly. Although all their stuff is checked and repaired when necessary, and you get the warranty...that's worth quite something on a vintage unit.
 
My TA-F6B has meter problems and when I called Sony last winter, she told me they had sold all of the old parts stock a few years ago, but since we were both online, she had me google the part number, and I found a place that had them, but they were $56 each. I'm going to try to repair the ones I have first. It sounds fine but the volume control was prone to getting dirty, even after using Cramolin on it, followed by lube and it's a royal PITA to take it apart that far. I used it for years and it must have lead a rough life because before I bought it, the circuit board next to the power supply had been repaired due to being broken. It was also the display piece at CES, but I doubt if that was a factor.

I did see the high prices- the ST-A7B is listed at $2399, which doesn't sound realistic.
 
The only thing that sux, is I think my denon sounds better...lol

EDIT: hell no, it was speaker placement, the denon really doesn't compare, but it aint apples to apples anyway...
 
Nice, the 700ES is a great int amp, would like to get a 730ES one day as my 530ES is lonely... :D
 
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