TA-N1
(1999 - 2002)

Part of the fairly rare "1" series, expressly designed for Sony's SACD launch, along the SCD-1 reference player, TA-E1 preamplifier and SS-M9ED loudspeakers.

This bombastic mammoth of 70kg holds 10 pairs of gold-plated Sony MOS-FETs (2SJ120A & 2SK1530A), MCM modules, a non-magnetic chassis made of 15mm and 10mm aluminium slabs and copper plates, specially designed electrolytic capacitors, a Torus toroidal PT housed in a ceramic compound, and a fully balanced circuit and set of input plugs.
The final stage is, unlike the previous TA-NR1 and its TA-NR10 updated version, setup in Class AB for a better efficiency and (much) less heat problems.

The production is supposed to have been halted after the first 100 pieces but there should be a bit more than that around the neighborood - rich neighborhoods.

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