Pioneer A-701 R

Brief description

• In contrast to its successors, which were no longer technically related to the A-XYX series, the A-701R was in fact a remotely controllable A-676 including the muting button of the larger models from A-7x7 onwards.

Apart from the "soft" standby switch used for this purpose instead of the "hard" power switch and the already "soft" muting button, the remotely controllable functions are realized by motorized potentiometers, specifically at the volume and input selection potentiometers. The successors, of which the A-702R is the most solid model, could no longer offer the robust construction and durability inherited from the A-XYX series, e.g. the volume potentiometer was no longer mounted directly on the main board and operated by a shaft from the front of the unit as in the A-701R, but was connected to the rear part of the unit by cables (as in today's units), also the honeycomb construction, which was present everywhere before, even in the feet, disappeared.

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Pioneer
• Model: A-701R
• Years of manufacture: 1991-1993
• Made in: Japan
• Color: black, silver (A-701R-G)
• Type: Analog
• Remote control: yes
• Power consumption: 650 W
• Dimensions: 420 x 435 x 162 mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: approx. 13.3 kg
• Original price approx.: 1100 DM

Connections

• Number of inputs:
  • Phono (MM/MC selectable): 2.5 mV / 50 kOhm (MM), 0.2 mV / 100 kOhm (MC).
  • CD, Tuner, Line, 3x Tape In: 150 mV / 50 kOhm.
• Number of outputs:
  • 3x Tape Out: 150 mV / 2.2 kOhm.
  • Headphones (6.3 mm jack, front)
  • 2 pairs of loudspeakers

Technical Data

• Continuous power:
  • 8 Ohm: 2x 70 W /0.007%
  • 4 Ohm: 2x 95 W /0,009%

Dynamic power

• • 8 Ohm:
  • 4 Ohm: 2x 150 W
• Total harmonic distortion: 0.007% (20-20,000 Hz, 70 W, 8 Ohm)
• Attenuation factor: 150 / 70 (8 Ohm, 1 kHz / 20-20,000 Hz).
• Frequency response:
  • Phono MM: 20 - 20,000 Hz (±0.2 dB).

Phono MC: 20 - 20,000 Hz (±0.3 dB)

• • High level: 1 - 150,000 Hz (+0/-3 dB)
• Signal-to-noise ratio:
  • IHF (short-circuited, A-weighted).
    • Phono MM/MC: 94 dB / 76 dB
    • High level: 110 dB
  • DIN (continuous power/50 mW)
    • Phono MM: 74 dB / 65 dB
    • High level: 92 dB / 68 dB
• Stereo channel separation:
• Tone control:
  • Bass: yes, ±8 dB (100 Hz)

Treble: yes, ±8 dB (10 kHz)

• Loudness: yes, +5 dB (100 Hz), +3 dB (10 kHz) (at -40 dB volume)
• High Filter: no
• Low Filter (Subsonic): yes, 17 Hz (-12 dB/oct)
• Mute: yes, button
• Direct/Line-Straight: yes

Special Features

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Pictures

Notes

Previous model:

• Pioneer A-676

Successor model:

• Pioneer A-702 R

Other models in the same series:

• A-201
• A-301
• A-351 R
• A-401
• A-501 R
• A-701 R