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Show Us Your Sonys!!!

Argh ! Jealous :D

I am on a cruisade to find some nice Sony speakers, be it G series or APM's (almost impossible to find here), and also a Sony cdp-x555/559/505 or 7 series but those are still going for pretty high prices, and the laser blocks are unobtanium now...

Be sure to post some pics of those ss-g333es when you get them out of the storeroom. Any other inspiring gear in that storeroom of yours ? :D
 
Hi Stoffie,
Here are some pic's of my TC880-2 that I took this morning for you !
As you can see, it is an USA modele like your PSX75.
It was adapted for european voltage. You can see an extra transformer on top left side (picture n°4).
I know that this unit has a very long history. Maybe Axel can give us some more details.

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Part of my Sony collection

Hi everybody, I'm including a few old pics (sorry could not access my retouching prog on my main system...motherboard blown..) I will take some recent pics of the various components I have later and I will also take some nudies...
Thanks to all those who posted their pics, I had some GOOD flashbacks...
Keep on Sonying...
Maurice
le Sony Canadien errant...
 

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Damn dude, I already knew you were a bass head, but ummm... :D

Very nice setup ! I recognize some of my own loved items in there :)
 
Got the TA-N86B back from Warren (dr*audio) who did a complete recap (Panasonic FC/FM and Nichicon - 105C) and rebuild of the switching power supply. Warren told me that this is one of the finest sounding amps he has heard. At least the equal of his KW 600. So good he didn't want to turn it off. So it comes back to me fully broken-in. :D

I had to get the power light LED mounted as the front on this and the matching TA-E86B had been butchered by some idiot with his hacksaw. Got the ends machined square so looks decent. Everything back together and pushing the NS-1000s. Not quite the authority of the B-2, but very musical/lyrical. Excellent. In Class A it just can't do it with only 18wpc. Those old 30cm woofers take a bit of grunt to move. Neither Warren or I agree with Axel's feeling about the TA-N86B in Class A/B. We think it sounds great!! Tried to get another one that was fried on eBay today. But it went for $125+, which is more than I wanted to pay. Thought about running them as monoblocs. Can't wait to get the TA-E86B back together to join it. Same deal on the faceplate and mounting of the power LED.

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Another nice one in your collection Glenn ! According to Mirko it can sound a bit grainy in the midrange ?

I thought about getting a matching N86 for my E86 pre, as it was pretty much 9/10 mint and use it as a bedroom setup, but I sold it to cover for my PS-X75. This hobby is expensive and I already have too many stereo to cover all the rooms in my house.

At least that's what I'm trying to tell myself :boring:
 
Glenn,

The Class A / Class B thing is slight but I did notice it right away when I bought my first N86B: more "distinguished" sound with Class A.
My working N86B has become my only daily amp (until the N7 can receive its safety overhaul that is) and I find it to be an excellent amp indeed, as do the many owners: the N86 sold very very well worldwide - another now unknown gem from Sony :)
The other one I have seems to bear dead caps in the PLPS.
Glad you like the N86 !
 
Hi Stoffie,

If you are still looking for Sony speakers, there is a pair of APM-550 MK II for sell on the german Ebay at this moment (item n° 180095658276).

Here is my "stereo " + "home video" setup
TA-N80ES + TA-E1000ESD + CDP X777ES + CABASSE CLIPPER III
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And for the rear channel
TA-F300 + SS-MB250H
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Through the window you can see in the background the mediterranean sea side ...:yes:
 
The irony!

I finally found a vintage Sony that uses the 2SC633A transistor I've been looking for:banana:

In fact, this unit has 10 of them on the multiplex board in it's tuner section:thmbsp:

The only minor problem is that it is the multiplex board in my 6060F:lmao:
 
How many of them do you need? Do you happen to now if they are also found in the 6120? I am have a solution for you.
 
EW suggests the following: "The C633A is nothing special. 25V, 200mA, 250mW, B=400, 140MHz. I'd replace with ZTX694B to make sure I had enough gain."
 
The grainy sound thing with my two TA-N86B (both are dead now) could be the result of capacitor aging of the storage capacitors on the main board.
The same issue could be the reason, why my N86´s sound(ed) significantly different in Class A and Class B and Axel´s still slightly different. So recapping at least these capacitors with something more beefy (very low ESR and max. capacitance) could improve the sound to a level it doesn´t sound grainy anymore ... :scratch2: :scratch2: :scratch2: I´m really curious.

Btw: I used my N86, E86 combo in class A for many years ...
This little baby amplifier gets sooo hot, sooooooo, that can´t be healthy for electrolytic capacitors.

absolon: I would also try to take a look into a ST-5000F :)
If you really need a replacement, try NTE85 or NTE293, even the good old 2N3904 could work ...

Attention: ZTX694B has a different pinout, otherwise perhaps the best replacement
Where should it be used ?
 
Amen on that heat issue. Even in Class A/B it runs quite warm. That is one reason that the recap consisted of 105C caps rather than the standard 85C everywhere possible. And all caps were replaced, not just those in the audio path. Should contribute to a nice, long life.

When Warren was menitoning how delightful it sounded it made me harken back to the time I ran (for ten years) Bryston's 2B-LP amp. It, like the TA-N86B, has only a single pair of output devices per side. I am beginning to believe that this is one reason that it sounds so 'uncongested' and clean. As does the 2B-LP. Probably a similar reason that good 2-way speakers also sound so clean and uncongested.
 
Glenn, that theory may be partly right, but:

Two single output devices show higher transient thermal response effects, which makes Class B a difficult or even impossible thing.

The best would be two single output transistors, running in cascode (in series) with two additional ones (preferably V-FETs), so that the first transistor pair sees only a fraction of the supply voltage ...

This would be something like 1/3 of a TA-N7B ... :)
 
Hello Patrick ! :wave:

You should show your hand-brushed TA-N7 special edition model a little bit closer ... The last photos I got from you were looking not bad ... :)
 
Woohoo, I got a Sony cdp-x777es for my birthday as a present. Talk about knowing what I want :D

Mirko & Patrick: what's that about a hand-brushed TA-N7?
 
my local electronics shop has plenty of stock of original 2SC634 if you need them let me know. It depends if you want your gear as close to original as possible. Random replacements with ZTX and non japanese replacements certainly doesn't help the originality or ultimate collectors value. An equivalent is only ever that and I only use them as a last resort.
 
Hi Absolon, I was checking in my Sony Replacement Semiconductor Handbook (1982) and they recommend a 2SC1364 for the 2SC633A, I hope this one is easier to find.... I still have two in stock if you need them...
Maurice
 
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