TA-N9
(december 1978 - 1981?)

Neither an ESPRIT unit, nor a pre-Esprit, the TA-N9 monoblock was sort of "in between": along the EL-D9 professional Elcaset deck, the PS-X9 masterpiece, the PUA-9 long tonearm and the APM-9 (finally produced as APM-8).

Enclosed in this monster was all that was meant when the PPS/PLPS system was introduced by Sony in 1977: huge power in small, lightweight boxes. The Heat-Pipe and MOS-Fet were later novelties but the N9 wasn't particularily small or easy to carry around :)

Not counting the EL-D9, the TA-N9 is the most elusive of all "9" units but was delivered with urethane-coated Litz connecting wires nevertheless - a staple of Sony since 1976.

DO click the more button below for an extensive technical description translated from the original japanese brochure.