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Reviewed by:

miroalien

(AudioPhile)

Review Date
January 7, 2009

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

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5.00 of 5, 3.00 votes

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Price Paid:  $2700.00 from My Audio - Wroclaw,

Summary:
I was lucky enough to find this wonderful amplifier E-305"V" on secondhand. After 14 year still works and looks GREAT! The sound is superb. Excellent detail and the midrange and voices are outstanding. If you can still find one (They stoped making this model in 1994, but its successors are based on the same circuitry), be sure to pick it up. Its well worth the money.
This amplifier is truly superb.
Highly recommended!!

My system:
-Linn Ikemi
-Accuphase E-305V
-Accuphase T-101
-Thorens TD147SE Jubilee
-Oscar Heil A.M.T. Kithara - ESS loudspeakers
-Onkyo DVD 405B free region version
-Kiss DVD DP1500 free region
-Sony RDR GX5 DVD recorder
-Panasonic Plasma PA50 Viera 42" HDready - diy cabinet - metallic grey
-Digital SAT tuner nbox FullHD 1080p
-Cardas Quadlink cables full line - XLR`s interconnects, loudspeaker cables, power cords etc.

Strengths:
Great high end, very good mid. Lots of power. Looks great. Does not run too hot.
Very musical. XLR connections. Great display and wooden sides. MM&MC preamp.
Resolution of inner detail, impact, excellent clarity,smooth highs,excellent bass - it is Accuphase - Japanese Jewel!

Weaknesses:
Really good play after one hour after switch power on. You must wait one hour
for best sound quality performance like tube amplifier. Could use a Remote to switch on and off
I want to listen to my CDs and LPs too late into the night. I am not getting enough sleep.

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Audiostatic ES300SR, Pilot Concorde CD2000mkIII, Pilot Concorde CD1500,Infinity Kappa Renaissance 90, Eton Hexacone bassmodules DIY, Elac Dolce Vita 4-Pi,
Magnepan MG3.6R, Infinity Kappa 70 and 90, Oscar Heil A.M.T. Aulos and Syrinx,
Canton Ergo 611, Accuphase E-550 classA, Fidelity Zyrkon, Thorens TIA 2300,
Thorens TIA 2200, Amplifon WT40 tube amp, Onkyo Integra, DIY tube amplifiers,
CEC TL51ZmkII, CEC TL5100, CEC CD2100, Marantz CD6000 OSEKI, Primare CD20,
Van den Hul First IC, AudioQuest Midnight+, Cardas Crosslink, Monitor Audio,
Albedo Versus Silver, Avantgarde Acoustics - Horn loudspeakers, TaraLabs...


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