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Gorgeous Overhauled Accuphase P-360 Power Amplifier

UPDATE: Offers received within an hour of listing and SOLD, for considerably more than the asking price!

As you might have noticed if you’ve been following along, I’ve just purchased something a little bit silly and long overdue. For that reason, I have to move some pieces on and this time it’s my current amplifier reference, my just overhauled Accuphase P-360 power amplifier.

Features

The Accuphase P-30 is a classic class AB bipolar power amplifier, conservatively rated at 200 Watts per channel and boasting some nice features not often seen in premium equipment like this. These include a dedicated headphone amplifier, stepped attenuators, fully balanced and single-ended operation and of course those big, beautiful moving coil power meters.

The P-360 is a more recent design than the P-500 and P-300 series models you see quite a lot of here in Aus, and better too in my opinion. She features the coveted gold power button, indicating that it was part of Accuphases newer, higher-quality tier of equipment. She also features the classic persimmon wood side panels, and they’re perfect by the way!

Top tip for those wanting a super-system: You can bridge these amplifiers so that, if you get a second one, you’ll have 600 Watts per channel and even more authority and grip over any speaker you can connect to them. Madness!

I imported this P-360 last year and have been using and enjoying it immensely since deeply overhauling her immediately after purchase. This thing is a powerhouse, packing a punch and if you read Accuphase’s datasheets, you’ll see that the 200-Watt rating is very conservative. She’ll crank out around 250 Watts per channel before any significant distortion creeps in, but that’s Accuphase for you. They guarantee 200. Cool. I love this approach.

You can read more about the Accuphase P-360 in the product brochure.

Accuphase P-360 Specifications

Courtesy of HiFi Engine

Power output: 200 watts per channel into 8Ω (stereo), 600 watts into 8Ω (mono)

Frequency response: 20Hz to 20kHz

Total harmonic distortion: 0.02%

Damping factor: 300

Gain: 28 dB

Input sensitivity: 1.59V

Signal-to-noise ratio: 120dB

Speaker load impedance: 2Ω to 16Ω

Semiconductors: 10 x IC, 32 x FET, 63 x transistors, 77 x diodes

Dimensions: 475 x 180 x 413mm

Weight: 27.4kg

Year: 1991

Overhaul

I should note that this completely factory-original Accuphase P-360 worked perfectly but sounded dull. She was very dusty and needed a deep clean and some TLC at 30+ years of age. As it turned out and based on some of the parts I tested upon removal, this was a timely overhaul too, because some of the smaller electrolytic capacitors were totally dead.

I replaced all small board-mounted electrolytic capacitors in both amplifier modules and most on the front panel board, added a couple of performance enhancing parts, deep cleaned/washed everything, removed and detailed the front panel and meters, and made all the electronic adjustments. She now looks and sounds a million bucks.

Check the article for all these details!

She is For Sale!

This meticulous and quite involved overhaul includes nearly day of labour, plus parts, a little under $1500 worth of work if I were charging for it. If you followed along, you’ll see why jobs like this do usually take the best part of a day. I know that this attention to detail is rare but it’s worth it with equipment of this calibre and where people simply care about those details, and the results.

Owners often neglect to have overhaul work like this done though, because it costs money and finding people who will really care for your equipment can be hard. Someone with a clue has to do the work, no escaping that, and that will never cost a couple of hundred bucks, as less diligent folks might suggest. If someone tells you this RUN! At least it doesn’t need to be done again for perhaps another 20 or 30 years!

Sonically, the work transformed this P-360, also noted by friends who heard her before and after. She looks and smells a lot cleaner, too. She sounded much sweeter and more open and lively after the overhaul, and the particularly muscular bass this model displays is now even more pronounced. If you love bass texture and detail, you’ll absolutely love this amplifier. Sound staging, resolution and timbre are also fantastic, as you would expect.

A pre/power amplifier combo is the only way to go if you are looking to seriously improve your systems performance and currently use an integrated amplifier. This Accuphase P-360, partnered up with say a C-270 will obliterate any integrated amplifiers I’ve heard, including Accuphase models. There are simply too many compromises in an integrated, mostly related to space and packaging.

As mentioned, I reluctantly need to move her on to make way for my next amplifier, arriving in a couple of days. This end-game piece is another Accuphase model, and details are coming, so stay tuned for that. I will be acquiring more equipment to work on, document and sell as it builds my experience base and makes for great content, so stay tuned for more of this sort of thing.

Accuphase P-360s is a premium, compact power amplifier capable of driving any speaker and sells for around $3,000 – $4,000 AUD, when you can find one, and 3,000 – 4000 Euro in Europe where they are more common. These are typically un-overhauled prices. This unit has been converted to 240V operation and comprehensively overhauled and serviced only a few months ago.

I’m offering this Accuphase P-360 for $4,250. That price includes a 3-month warranty, try getting that on another P-360. If you find a better or fairer deal, please let me know. If you’d like it, I’d love to sell it to you, preferably to someone who is already a customer so we can keep her in the family!

As often happens with the equipment I sell, I’ve had some interest prior to listing her, so if you’d like her, let me know as soon as you can. I’ll respect the order in which I receive enquiries, so don’t stress. There is never any pressure to purchase and I always look after people in terms of the order in which they contact me. Local sale preferred.

UPDATE: SOLD, for considerably more than the asking price. Thank you to her generous new owner and long-term customer!

Stunning Sony CDP-X7ESD CD Player

Well friends, the time has come again for me to cull some more of my favourite pieces from my collection, and this time it’s my reference CD player for the last few years, my much-loved Sony CDP-X7ESD.

UPDATE: Sold, within an hour of listing, thanks George!

Many of you will know how much I love these players that were the top of the line for Sony back in 1989 when they still made serious equipment like this. I’ve written about them here for example and worked on many over the years, including the beauty you see here, which I recently serviced and runs perfectly.

Now, if you’re wondering why I’m selling pieces like this wonderful CD player, that’s easy to answer. This is why:

Sony CDP-X7ESD Specifications

Courtesy of HiFi Engine

• Disc format: CD
• Digital converter: PCM58P-S
• CD Mechanism: KSS-190A
• Frequency response: 2Hz to 20kHz
• Dynamic range: 100dB
• Signal to Noise Ratio: 115dB
• Channel separation: 110dB
• Total harmonic distortion: 0.0015%
• Line output: 2V
• Digital connections: coaxial, optical
• Dimensions: 470 x 125 x 375mm
• Weight: 17kg
• Accessories: remote control
• Year: 1989

The Sony CDP-X7ESD uses the legendary and incredibly long lived Sony KSS-190A almost all metal mech and glass optic laser, same as used in the sublime Accuphase DP-81L for example:

My personal Sony CDP-X7ESD has been very well cared for as you’d expect of anything I own. I’ve serviced this player, it has new drive belts, everything is clean, serviced etc.

This player is in almost perfect condition, with no dings or damage to the wooden side panels. She has a few light scratches on the top surface, to be expected at this age 35 years old. In most lighting conditions these cannot be seen.

The CDP-X7ESD has single-ended and balanced outputs, plus digital outs for use with a DAC. The balanced outs sounds wonderful, smooth and warm as you’d expect of a player of this calibre. Those wanting the very best performance however might consider using her with a really good external DAC, like my Gustard A-26, Accuphase DC-91, Denafrips Pontus 2, etc.

Keep an eye out also for my Gustard A-26 DAC, an absolute stunner in sonic terms, easily the best stand-alone DAC I’d owned until my DC-91, also available in the store. Naturally, both of these sound better when powered by my IsoTek EVO3 Genesis One Mains Power Conditioner/Regenerator, also available here in the store.

This absolutely gorgeous, copper plated and near entirely metal CD player is a real beauty and is of course built like almost nothing else these days anyway. She comes with a factory remote, recently serviced and can be yours for $2,500 AUD. I’ve had a lot of interest prior to listing this player, so if you’d like it, get in touch as soon as you are able.

UPDATE: Sold!

Gustard A-26 Dual AK4499EX Digital to Analog Convertor (DAC)

It’s not often that I get excited about Chinese hifi gear folks but this is certainly an exception. Those who follow modern DAC production will know that there are a ton of interesting products out there, but very few pique my interest enough to make me want to buy one.

UPDATE: Sold, within an hour of listing!

This unit was purchased new, by me, about 1 year ago and has been used an enjoyed. The A-26 is easily the best standalone DAC Ive used in my system until purchasing my current reference, the Accuphase DC-91.

This Gustard A-26 has epic, deep bass, super beguiling mids and a lovely airy top end, incredible really for the $2,500 AUD retail price. You can read much more about the A-26 on the Gustard website. This thing uses dual AKM4499EX DAC chips, some of the absolute best sounding chips ever made. It has a high precision internal clock and the ability to input a precision external reference 10MHz clock signal. It will handle DSD, MQA, PCM to 768kHz, etc, etc, etc. Certainly a state of the art DAC for a very reasonable price.

Suffice it to say this is a serious and a beautiful sounding DAC and heavy hitter. Again, I’m only selling because I have another much more expensive DAC and I need to move equipment on rather than collect it. From personal experience here, this DAC crushes many others, and I mean MANY!

They love it over at Audio Science Review too and if you love measurements almost more than listening to equipment, that might make you very happy! Seriously though, Amir does an excellent job documenting the important measurements that so few others capture, important work, no question.

I’m selling this lightly used example with remote and power cable for just $1600. I promise that if I can find any of the cheap digital cables it came with I’ll include them, but you’ll want decent cables with this thing.

UPDATE: Sold!

Perpetual Technologies P-3A DAC + Monolithic Sound Outboard Power Supply

Wow, check out this recently serviced duo! This lovely DAC and power supply pair can be used together, or the DAC can be used with its own supplied power supply.

UPDATE: Sold!

Either way, they make a compelling pair, especially given that the Perpetual Technologies DAC has received the well-regarded Modwright modifications, expensive in their own right.

The P3-A DAC was very well regarded and reviewed when it launched in 2001. You can read what Stereophile thought about it, but in a nutshell, they found it to be one of the best-measuring DACs they had ever tested.

This classic vintage DAC and power supply are a one local owner pair, in original boxes, with paperwork. Sold together for just $395.

UPDATE: Sold!

Lovely Hitachi HT-460 direct-drive fully automatic turntable!

Wow, this one-owner beauty is almost perfect! Just repaired and serviced, she runs like new and is a really solid machine, typical of Hitachi gear of the time.

The HT-460 is the equivalent of something like a Technics SL-1600 in terms of functionality, specs and so on.

Hitachi HT-460 Specifications

Drive system: DD full auto
Motor: non-commutator DC servo motor (uni-torque motor)
Platter: Aluminum die casting
Wow and flutter: 0.03%(WRMS)
S/N ratio_ 74dB(DIN-B)
Tonearm: Stylus-force Direct-reading type static balance type pipe arm
Arm effective length: 220mm
Stylus-force range: 0-3g / 1 rotation (being a 0.2g step Direct reading)
Supply voltage: 240v
Power consumption: 4W
Dimensions: W 450x H 141x D of 367mm
Weight: 8.3kg

I love the fully automatic operation here, allowing for set-and-forget operation, for each side of a record at least!

Incredibly, this is another one-owner-from-new machine, kindly donated to us for repair and sale. Thank you to her previous owner, let’s find her a new home!

This Hitachi HT-460 direct-drive turntable comes freshly serviced and partially overhauled, with the original Hitachi MM cartridge and owner’s manual. Other cartridge options are available upon request.

Grab this beautiful Japanese-made classic for just $595.

UPDATE: Sold! with an Audio Technica AT-VM95ML line contact MM cartridge and AT-HS10 headshell installed for her lucky new owner!

Beautiful Luxman SQ507X Integrated Amplifier

This rather special Luxman SQ507X is also looking for a new home. Unlike most, she’s not been tinkered with and contains all her original parts, ready for whatever her next owner would like to do with her. Also unlike most, this SQ507X comes with the original owner’s manual, warranty card and a selection of original period reviews. It is very rare to find the amplifier and paperwork together in this condition.

UPDATE: Sold!

The wooden cabinet looks like a million bucks, and she sounds stunning. Overall, she performs flawlessly, with a warm, punchy sound we expect of good gear like this. This SQ507X also has an effortless quality to it, with lovely detail resolution. Let me tell you, if you’ve never heard a really good older piece like this you ought to because you’ll no doubt be very surprised. Listening through headphones is just fantastic. Even though hi-fi equipment “keeps improving each year”, going back at least 50 ‘improvements’ would mean that gear from the early ’70s like this SQ507X would be absolute garbage and sound awful. Right…?

Wrong! This lovely amplifier sounds so damn good and I can confirm that when you listen to as much older gear as I do, the penny drops for most people. Marketing and advertising have a lot to answer for and I’ve explained this folly so often that I’ll spare you another one. Suffice it to say though that this Luxman SQ507X sounds awesome.

This Luxman SQ507X cost $460 AUD back in the early ’70s and was a serious piece of equipment at the time. If anything, gear like this and the Sansui AU-11000 I recently sold only becomes more collectible due to raised awareness and appreciation, and the neverending barrage of modern plastic gear. The other good news, to use some amusing terms commonly found in Japanese listings, is that there is no gully noise! She is 50 years old though, so, as they say in Japan, “Please don’t buy if you are nervous!”. Not much to be nervous about here though.

These days, Luxman SQ507Xs often sell for around $1000 USD / $1500 AUD, plus shipping, and import duty (10%) from sellers you’ve never heard of and rarely in this condition and so carefully serviced and never with a warranty. If you’d like to adopt this one-owner original, with original documents, manual, serviced and with no shipping or import duty, she can be yours for $1650. Local buyers preferred.

If you’d like to know more about this baby, don’t hesitate to get in touch!

UPDATE: Sold!

Stunning Sansui AU-11000 Integrated Amplifier For Sale!

Well, folks, it’s not often that a legendary Sansui AU-11000 comes up for sale, let alone one that’s almost completely original, and that’s just received the deep maintenance and detailing of the calibre this lovely old girl has!

UPDATE: Sold, within 24 hours!

I hope you’ll agree that this gorgeous Sansui AU-11000 has turned out beautifully, after arriving here semi-dead after having sat in a closed repair shop for decades! Deep service and careful attention to and rectification of the areas causing trouble, without the unnecessary parts replacement so common these days have revealed what is a beautiful gem amplifier. This lovely old girl now runs perfectly and sounds great, and she looks very good for her age, I think you’ll agree.

She’s not perfect of course and whilst most bits are original, she’s had some previous work as I mentioned. Someone has melted one of the speaker terminals with their soldering iron (thanks for that) and there are some marks and scratches from it having kicked around for decades in a workshop environment less carefully managed than my own. Overall though, this is a very clean, honest amplifier.

This clean and mostly original Sansui AU-11000 integrated amplifier is now looking for a new home. I’ve had many people enquire about her and several offers, so to be fair to everyone, I need to advertise her because not everyone may see this right away. If you’re interested, please get in touch and let me know your offer. Local buyers are preferred.

I’d suggest a sensible starting point for an AU-11000 in excellent original condition, from a respected source and having just received maintenance of this quality and not being filled with Leylon or Suntan caps is around $2,500. All sensible offers will be considered.

UPDATE: I’ve received two really good offers so far, get in touch if interested before she’s gone.

UPDATE: Sold, within 24 hours!

Don’t hesitate to let me know if you’d like to buy this Sansui AU-11000. Local buyers preferred.

UPDATE: Sold!