Technics SA-5500

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General

  • Manufacturer: Technics (Panasonic)
  • Model: SA-5500

Type: Receiver

  • Years of manufacture: 1973 - 1975
  • Made in: Japan
  • Color: silver, housing veneered or black
  • Remote control: no
  • Power consumption: 330 W
  • Dimensions: 406 x 140 x 356 mm (WxHxD)
  • Weight: 8.6 kg
  • Original price approx.: 985 DM


Connections

  • Number of inputs:
    • Phono Low: 2 mV / 50 kOhm

Phono High: 10 mV / 100 kOhm Aux: 160 mV / 100 kOhm

    • Tape Play: 160 mV / 100 kOhm

Tape Play DIN: 300 mV / 55 kOhm

    • Antenna (75/300 Ohm)
  • Number of outputs:
    • Tape Rec: 160 mV, 750 Ohm
    • Tape Rec DIN: 60 mV, 70 kOhm
    • Headphones (6.3mm jack)
    • 2 pairs of speakers


Technical Data

Amplifier

  • Continuous power

8 Ohm: 2x 17 W 4 Ohm: 2x 20 W

  • dynamic power
    • 8 Ohm: 50 W
    • 4 Ohm: 70 W
  • Total harmonic distortion: 0.5
  • Attenuation factor: 70
  • Frequency response: 15 - 50'000 Hz, - 3 dB
  • Signal to noise ratio:
  • External voltage spacing: (at nominal power).
    • Phono: 70 dB
    • Aux: 90 dB
  • Tone control:
    • Bass: 50 Hz, + 13 dB, - 14 dB
    • Treble: 10 kHz, ± 12 dB
  • Loudness: yes, + 12 dB at 50 Hz, + 5 dB at 10 kHz
  • High Filter:
  • Low Filter (Subsonic):
  • Mute:


Tuner

  • Reception: FM/MW
  • Frequencies:
    • FM: 88 - 108 MHz
    • MW: 530 - 1605 KHz
  • Input sensitivity:
    • FM: 1.8 µV

MW: 20 µV

  • Frequency response:
    • FM: 20 - 15'000 Hz
  • Distortion factor:
    • FM:
      • Mono: 0.4 %
      • Stereo: 0.6
  • Signal-to-noise ratio: 60 dB
  • Signal-to-noise ratio:
    • FM:
      • Mono: 64 dB
      • Stereo: 63 dB
  • Channel separation: 35 dB
  • selectivity:
    • FM: 70 dB
    • MW: 20 dB
  • Equal wave selection:
    • FM: 2 dB
  • Spurious wave selection:
  • Image frequency attenuation:
    • FM: 90 dB

IF attenuation:

    • FM: 90 dB
  • AM suppression: 45 dB


Special Features

  • FM muting
  • Tape dubbing


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Pictures[edit]

  • Extract from brochure: Technics SA-5500

Technics SA-5500-1973.jpg


  • Excerpt from US advertising: Technics SA-5200, SA-5500, SA-5800, SA-6200, SA-6500.

Technics SA-5500-Werbung-1972.jpg


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