Sony TA-2244
Sony TA-2240
(july 1970 - 1974)

Early and very rare QUAD preamplifiers with a twist : a delay line !

Said delay incorporates professional electret condenser microphones and a dynamic driver unit in its air pipe.
The delay is then sent to the rear speakers' outputs to create reverberation. User-adjustable with three delay times, both TA-2244 and TA-2240 allow for the listener to access exciting and realistic concert hall sound.

The TA-2244 provides front and rear signals ; the TA-2240 only provides rear signals so it is more of a Quad adaptor than a full standalone preamplifier.

Made to be mated with four SS-9500 "bongo" omnidirectional loudspeakers, two TA-3200F powerhouses and the TC-366-4, a Quad version of the TC-377 bestseller (named TC-6364 in Japan).

The TA-2240 can be used a Quadradial supplement to the TA-2000.

A polishing cloth was delivered along, to keep those sonic bolids all excitingly shiny.