Denon PMA-700Z

Denon PMA-700 mkIII

1 9 7 5 1975
1 9 7 7 1977

Professional gear, sold and marketed as such.
Oh, well, not really : this was consumer stuff, but with a little help of the Nippon Columbia studios... Before churning out bombastic AV receivers, Denon mostly was a pro brand - this was healthy gear, made to function day-in, day-out with no problems whatsoever, ever.

The little modules are the power packs of the 700Z - interchangeable on the fly and in less than 40 seconds in case an original module goes bust - very professional.

There was a PMA-700 (non "Z", 1974) in Japan as well but I have no idea about the differences between the two versions ; the "Z" version was followed, very briefly, by a PMA-700Z mkIII... which seems to correspond to "our" PMA-700Z.

There also seems to a semi-equivalent by the Monarch brand : Series 8 Model 8000. Same layout, same specs, same knobs, same... factory ?


A real 700Z here.

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Denon PMA-700Z specifications
Title Value
Power amp section Power amp section
Circuit : OCL, twin power lines, all-stage DC, fully complementary
Rated output : 2x 70W (20Hz...20Khz, 8 Ohm, 0,1% THD)
2x 85W (20Hz...20Khz, 4 Ohm, 0,1% THD)
IMD : less or equal than 0,1% at rated power
less or equal than 0,05% at 80mW
THD : less or equal to 0,05%
Frequency response : 8Hz...150Khz (+0 / -1dB at 1W)
Bandwidth : 8Hz...30Khz (0,1% THD)
Damping factor : 100 (8 Ohm / 1Khz)
Residual noise : 0,5mV
Input sensitivity : 1V RMS
Output impedance : < 0,16 Ohm, completely resistive below 10Khz
high impedance
Preamp section Preamp section
Output : 1V (RMS, 10Khz, 0,05% THD)
14,2V max.
THD : 0,05% (1Khz, 10V peak)
Inputs : tape 1 (320mV / 50kOhm, ±10%)
tape 2 (320mV / 100kOhm, ±10%)
Aux 1 (320mV / 50kOhm, ±10%)
Aux 2 (320mV / 100kOhm, ±10%)
tuner (320mV / 100kOhm, ±10%)
phono 1 (3,2mV / 50kOhm, ±10%)
phono 2 MM (3,2mV / 30kOhm, ±10%)
phono 2 MC (0,32mV / 150kOhm, ±10%)
Max phono input : 100mV or more (phono 1, 1Khz)
100mV or more (phono 2 MM, 1Khz)
10mV or more (phono 2 MC, 1Khz)
S/N ratio : 100dB (power amp)
70dB (phono MM, IHF-A)
60dB (phono MC, IHF-A)
84dB (tape/aux/tuner, IHF-A)
RIAA deviation : ±0,3dB (30Hz...15Khz)
Channel separaion : 40dB (20Khz)
> 70dB (Phono > speaker)
Tone / Filter section Tone / Filter section
Tone control characteristics : 10Hz...150Khz (±0,5dB, tone defeat)
20Hz...200Khz (±0,5dB, tone flat)
Bass turnover & range : ± 10dB 320Hz / 640Hz...50Hz / 100Hz
Treble turnover & range : ± 10dB 1,6Khz / 3,2Khz...10Khz / 20Khz
Filters : 40Hz (18db/Oct.)
9Khz (18db/Oct.)
Loudness control : +6,5dB @ 100Hz
+6dB @ 10Khz
General General
PC : 620VA
Dimensions : 43 x 14 x 35cm
Weight : 12,5kg.
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