Denon PMA-850

Denon PMA-850II

Denon PMA-830

November
1 9 7 7 november 1977
1 9 7 9 1979

Apparently, the looks of the series turned a few customers away... way too serious looking, especially considering the period during which these were introduced.

But once you let any of these warm up - bang !... you'd almost wonder what hifi did do for the past thirty years to bring you a better music reproduction ; hook it to a decent LP turntable and you really start wondering.

The original PMA-850 doesn't have a rec-out selector or Class A mode ; the PMA-830 no high filter but regains the Class A possibility.
The ultimate PMA-850II has it all (but the muting switch which is replaced by the Class A / B function), has better specs and is, previsibly, the rare beast.

All are very healthy units and built to make music for a nice set of decades - pretty rare nowadays !

A real PMA-850II here.

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Denon PMA-850 specifications
Title Value
PMA-850II in white (PMA-850II in white)
Class B power : 2x 100W / 2x 150W
Class A power : 2x 10W
Class A THD : 0,005%
Class B THD : < 0,01%
IMD : < 0,02% / 0,01%
Bandwidth : 5Hz...100Khz
Frequency response : DC...100Khz
S/N ratio : >89dB (phono) / 90dB
>105dB (line)
Bass controls : ± 8dB (100Hz)
Treble controls : ± 8dB (10Khz)
Loudness switch : +7dB@100Hz
+6dB@10Khz
Phono input : Phono (2,5mV / 50kOhm)
Line inputs : tuner, tape 1&2, aux (320mV / 40kOhm)
PC : 450W max.
Dimensions : 43,5 x 16 x 40cm / 43,4 x 16,4 x 40cm
Weight : 18kg 17kg.
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