Sony TA-F 590 ES
Data
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
Remarks
- Other models in the same series:
- Preamplifier:
- Sony TA-E 80 ES
- Sony TA-E 2000 ESD
- Sony TA-ER 1
- Integrated Amplifier
- Sony TA-AV 570
- Sony TA-F 235 R
- Sony TA-F 335 R
- Sony TA-F 435 R
- Sony TA-F 511
- Sony TA-F 535 R
- Sony TA-F 505 ES
- Sony TA-F 590 ES
- Sony TA-F 606 ES
- Sony TA-F 690 ES
- Sony TA-F 707 ES
- Sony TA-F 808 ES
- Sony TA-S 7
Pictures
- Image: Sony TA-F 590 ES
- Excerpt from brochure: Sony TA-F 505 ES, TA-F 511, TA-F 590 ES