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Sony
TA-F5000 The 10mm frontplate is reminiscent of what was planned for the pre-Esprit and ESPRIT series - the rest is very different. The slabs of aluminium making the sides and top are reminiscent of the Precise P7 units - but the rest is very different :-) A very beefy power-supply with R-Core transformer, select MOS-FET power transistors for a predominance of even harmonics and less switching distortion, separable pre/main loop, rotary encoder for input switching and copper bus bars plus looks to match. All
the F5000 needed to be seen as ES-like
was a copper-plated chassis, an even beefier PS and a bigger enclosure... However, the TA-F5000 sold very well in Japan, a country far more open to marketing / engineering experiments than any other. For the rest of the world, well, sales remained somewhat marginal - it proved difficut to be near-ES without actually being ES. Especially when the bigger one of the series is the... smaller one ! Not to mention when the same better one is... the less powerful :)
Unlike what is commonly believed, the 3000 and 5000 separates are NOT part of the Sony ES series. However, Sony in Germany attempted to unload its stocks more easily, late in time, by adding an ES logo next to the model scripting, and on the cartons, and in the manuals. This was however unheard of elsewhere, including Japan. Click the buttons below for an extensive description of the TA-F5000 circuits !! |
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