Sony Series 3000

Set of high-end separates in very good looking shoebox format - with an itch :

- footprint-people don't buy high-end,
- high-end-people unfortunately don't buy Sony,
- design-people still have a crush on B&O.

The same fate did befall the 1978 Precise P7 and Falcon sets, the 1982 SYSCON353CD and, somewhat differently, the 1991 Scenario S7 and Placido systems - some things obviously never change.

In the # 3000 series, the 10mm front is reminiscent of what was planned for the pre-Esprit and ESPRIT series - the rest is very different.

The components are :
TA-F3000 : integrated amplifier
CDP-X3000 : cd player
MDS-J3000 : minidisc recorder
ST-S3000 : am/fm tuner
SS-AL3 : 'speakers

Optionally, one could add the elaborate SU-G3000 rack visible here - if one was lucky enough to find it.


Unlike what is commonly believed, the # 3000 and # 5000 separates are NOT part of the ES series.
Sony in Germany and, briefly, in France, attempted to unload their 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 however remained unseen elsewhere, including Japan, and was just plain bad marketing miscalculation : it didn't help sales, as proven by the very japanese sales which didn't need the ES tag to go for big numbers.