Sony TA-F 590 ES

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General

  • Manufacturer: Sony
  • Model: TA-F 590 ES
  • Type: Integrated amplifier
  • Years of manufacture: 1992 - 1994
  • Made in: Japan
  • Color: Black
  • Remote control: Yes (RM-S 702)
  • Power consumption: 260 W (max.), idle: 40 W
  • Dimensions: 430 (470) x 150 x 375 mm (with wooden side panels) (WxHxD)
  • Weight: approx. 12 kg
  • Original price approx.: 899 DM
    • Wooden side panels TAC-103 optional: 99 DM


Connections

  • Number of inputs: 7 (6 switchable by remote control, Direct-In (7th) only on the unit).
    • Phono MM: 2,5 mV (50 kOhm)
    • Phono MC: 0.17 mV (100 Ohm)
    • Tuner, CD, Direct In, Tape 1,2, Aux, Adapter: 150 mV (50 kOhm)
  • Number of outputs: 4
    • Tape Rec Out 1,2, Adapter: 150 mV, (1 kOhm)
    • Headphones: 25 mW (8 Ohm)
    • Loudspeaker switchable: A / B / A+B / Off


Technical Data

  • Continuous power (RMS) both channels simultaneously controlled
    • 8 Ohm: 2x 95 W DIN
    • 4 Ohm: 2x 130 W DIN
  • Dynamic power
    • 8 Ohm:
    • 4 Ohm:
  • Dynamic headroom: 2 dB at 4 Ohm, 1.2 dB at 8 Ohm
  • Total harmonic distortion: 0.005% at 10 W output power into 8 Ohm
  • Attenuation factor: 100 at 8 ohms/1kHz
  • Frequency response: 2 Hz - 200 kHz +0/-3 dB
  • Signal-to-noise ratio: 105 dB (high level, 150 mV), Phono MM: 95 dB (5.0 mV), MC: 77 dB (0.5 mV)
  • Bias setting: mV
  • Tone control: Yes

Bass: ± 7 dB (100 Hz) Treble: ± 6 dB (10 kHz)


Special Features

  • Gibraltar drivers= anti-magnetic, very good resonance damping, rock-hard base cast from polyester resin calcium carbonate with glass fibre fabric.

MOS-FET power amplifiers= realize a high output power over a wide frequency range

  • Class-A driver stages
  • Toroidal transformer encapsulated (low stray field), power supply with 2 additional electrolytic capacitors (no longer available on the successor TA-F606ES)
  • Motor driven input selector switch
  • Motor-driven dust-proof volume potentiometer (120 kOhm)
  • Direct-In= to bypass the input and RecOut selector
  • Phono MM/ MC selector
  • Record Out selector
  • Source Direct switch
  • Muting switch: -∞ dB
  • Subsonic filter: 6 dB/octave below 15 Hz
  • Gold-plated RCA jacks
  • Wooden side plates available as an optional extra

System: Low-noise NAB-equalized preamplifier with high gain, passive tone control, purely complementary SEPP power amplifier, MOS-FET power amplifiers


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Pictures

  • Image: Sony TA-F 590 ES

Sony TA-F 590 ES.jpg


  • Excerpt from brochure: Sony TA-F 505 ES, TA-F 511, TA-F 590 ES

Sony TA-F 505 ES-511-590 ES-Prospekt-1993.jpg


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