Sony?!?!

Pycroft
Pycroft Posts: 1,960
edited May 2010 in Electronics
Hi all...

I learned a few weeks ago that Sony didn't just make good TV's when I purchasaed my Sony SSM7a's.

Now I saw this: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Sony-SRA-2-tube-preamplifier-excellent-/150440744363?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item2306f795ab

Sony made tube preamplifiers? Were they/are they any good? Any info on them? I know that Sony is typically thought of as low budget now, especially when it comes to entry level AVR's. Not sure what the thoughts on these are.

Thanks,

James
2 Channel/HT:
Sony SS-M9 P's (ES version)
Sony SS-M1CN Center Channel
Polk RT800 Surround Speakers
Odyssey Stratos Dual Mono Amplifiers
TAD 150 Signature Tube Preamp
Harman Kardon HK354
Sony SACD Player
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,208
    edited May 2010
    It is a record/playback EQ preamp for a true tape deck (in the old days, a deck had only low level tape head output with no onboard electronics to EQ or amplify the signal to line level).

    They're OK; nothing special as such preamps go.
    They're generally not terribly expensive.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited May 2010
    oog. (or, if you prefer, ugh).

    Cheers,
    Russ
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,208
    edited May 2010
    Are we in violent agreement, Mr. Russ?
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited May 2010
    Yessir!
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited May 2010
    I'd pass. The only Sony products that are worth buying, in my experience, are their CD players. Some of the older Sony ES 2 channel gear is decent...but nothing I'd ever really consider buying.

    They do make some fine CDP's though.
    The nirvana inducer-
    APC H10 Power Conditioner
    Marantz UD5005 universal player
    Parasound Halo P5 preamp
    Parasound HCA-1200II power amp
    PolkAudio LSi9's/PolkAudio SDA 2A's/PolkAudio Monitor 7A's
    Audioquest Speaker Cables and IC's
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,208
    edited May 2010
    The mid-1960s Sony 777 reel to reel deck was quite good.

    http://www.reel2reeltexas.net/vinAd65RecF.jpg
    vinAd65RecF.jpg
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  • yepimonfire
    yepimonfire Posts: 256
    edited May 2010
    everything ive ever bought from them ive liked. if you had read their bio you would know their whole concept in the beginning wasnt making TV's it was making sound equipment. sony also has a reputation for "revolutionizing" several areas of the electronics industry.
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