If you love classic hi-fi gear, I think you’ll love what you’re about to see!
Welcome to my brand new Hall of Fame, a page dedicated to showcasing the very best hi-fi equipment in terms of design, construction, and sonic performance. This page is my newest and actively under construction, so just keep this in mind.
Quad 405-2 Power Amplifier
The legend, the bargain, the miniature, the deco – the Quad 405 and 405-2 power amplifiers are, without doubt, legends of their time. I still have mine and won’t sell it.
Perreaux PMF-5150B Power Amplifier
The sublime and stealthy Perreaux PMF-5150B has been the heart of my reference system for 5 years now, until only recently, after a tip-off from my friend Jason who has four of the bloody things! These 500-watt-per-channel MOSFET power amplifiers are absolutely beautiful, if a bit big and hot running, as you would expect of an amplifier that draws a continuous 300 Watts!
Accuphase DP-90 Precision Compact Disc Player
Holy mother of sweet baby Jesus, I’ve never seen a CD player this well-built, and I’ve seen a few. I’m so glad I added this to my system.
Accuphase C-280V Precision Class-A Preamplifier
If you love gear that features stratospheric build quality and sound, you just cannot go past the Accuphase C-280V precision preamplifier, the very top-of-the-range for this prestigious Japanese engineering-first hi-fi company, back in 1990.
This is good for a couple of reasons. Top of the range meant nearly 1,000,000Y and the current top-of-the-range Accuphase replacement is $50,000 AUD. It also means you get a seriously good phono preamp that smacks around $5000 separate phono preamps built right in. The separate Accuphase phono pre you’d need to add to the line level only current top preamp costs another $20,000.
This is outrageously good gear by any measure and I’m just so happy I bit the bullet and bought one.
Accuphase P-360 Power Amplifier
A lesser-known gem from Accuphase, the P-360 is a 200 Watt per-channel beast in a svelte and very attractive 30kg package. This amplifier hails from the golden era of Accuphase which for me is around 1982 – 1995. Superbly well-built and with amazing sonics, I am so glad to own this beauty.
