Sony TA-F 450 E

Sony Integrated Amplifier TA-F 450D

Data

General

• Manufacturer:Sony
• Model:TA-F450D (UK: TA-F450ESD)
• Year of manufacture:1988
• Made in: Japan
• Colour:black
• Type: Integrated amplifier (with built-in DAC)
• Remote control: no
• Power consumption: ~ 250 W
• Dimensions: 430 x 130 x 365 mm
• Weight: 8,1 kg
• Original price approx.: 800 DM

Connections

• Number of inputs: 9
  • Phono MC 0,17 mV/100 Ohm
  • Phono MM 2,5 mV/50 kOhm/320pF
  • Tuner,CD,Aux,Tape 1,2 150 mV/50 kOhm

Optical -18dBm/ 660nM

• • Coax 1,Coax 2 (DAT) 0,5V p-p / 75 Ohm
• Number of outputs: 6
  • Rec Out 1,2 150mV/ 1 kOhm
  • Coax 0,5V p-p /75 Ohm
  • Headphone 6,3mm stereo jack
  • Speaker 1,2 4 - 16 Ohm

Technical Data

• continuous power 20 Hz - 20 kHz

4 Ohm: 2 x 80 W (0.008%)

• Dynamic power
  • 4 Ohm: approx. 105 W per channel
  • 8 Ohm:

• Intermodulation: < 0.008% at 80 W /4 Ohm
• Power bandwidth: 7 Hz - 35000 Hz (4 Ohm / 40 W)
• Frequency response: 7 Hz - 100000 Hz +- 3dB
• Attenuation factor: 50 (8 Ohm, 1kHz)
• Signal-to-noise ratio (unweighted/weighted according to IHF `78):
  • Phono MC 68/75 dB
  • Phono MM 88/86 dB
  • High level 100/88 dB

DAC

• • Frequency response: 5Hz - 20000 +-0,8dB
  • Distortion: > 0,003% (1kHz)

Dynamic range: > 107dB

• • Sampling frequency: 44.1 kHz

• Tone control:
  • Bass: +- 10 dB (100 Hz)

Treble: +- 10 dB (15 kHz)

• Loudness: yes, + 6dB (100 Hz)/ +3dB (10 kHz)
• High Filter: no
• Low Filter (Subsonic): 6dB/Oct; 15Hz
• Mute: no
• Direct/Line-Straight: no
• Tone On/Off: yes

Special Features

• internal 18Bit DAC with 8-fold oversampling (2 x Burr Brown PCM58P + Sony CDX1144AP + Yamaha YM3623B)
• phono preamplifier with active current source (FET) of the input stage
• encapsulated toroidal transformer
• Digital Direct switch
• Auto Bias and Current Limiter circuits in the output stages
• Passive tone control

Remarks

The F450D is practically a special model of the F400 with built-in DAC and the necessary connections and controls. It was one of the cheapest offers in the then still quite new subcategory "digital integrated amplifiers".

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