1968 SONY STR-6040 RECEIVER

IN GREAT VISUAL & GREAT WORKING CONDITION.

15W. SERVICED & RECAPPED WITH UPGRADES

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MULTIVOLTAGE. A RARE & SMALLER SIZED SONY FROM 1968, THIS WAS ONLY BRIEFLY ADVERTISED IN THE 1968-69 HIFI NEWS. THIS IS THE SAME SIZE AS THE 1965-73 SONY TA-1120(A) TO TA-1150. FITS IN THE TAC-1 CABINET. NON-FLICKER BRIGHTER LEDs IN THE TUNER WINDOW GLASS LIGHTS.

HAS THE SAME GREAT TUNER AS THE STR-6050, 6055 & 6065, A TUNER WAY BEYOND WHAT A 15W RECEIVER SHOULD HAVE, THIS WAS THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THIS DESIGN. CRISP CLEAN TUNER, NO ICs, PICKS UP DSTATIONS WITH EASE INTO STEREO & STEREO BULB LIGHTS.

RATES 15W-18W WHICH WITH OUR UPGRADES PLAYS A DECENT VOLUME ON 95dB TANNOYS WITH THE VOLUME NOT EVEN HALFWAY, AS ON THE TYPICAL 'SONY TAPER' ON THE VOLUME CONTROL. THIS WATTAGE POWER IS NOT ENOUGH FOR 82dB-86dB SPEAKERS.

HAS UPGRADES TO BRING OUT BETTER VOLUME & BETTER CRISPER SOUND AS SONY TAMED THIS ONE DOWN TO HIDE IT. A SURPRISINGLY CLEAN, RICH & BASSY SOUND WITH CRISP TREBLE IS REALLY NOT WHAT YOU'D EXPECT & IT CERTAINLY SOUNDS BETTER FOR IT APPEARS TO BE ORIGINALLY AN EARLY 1966 SILICON DESIGN, PREDATING THE TA-1120 ONE. SEE OUR REVIEW FOR MORE. THE STR-6060FW FROM 1967 WITH THE SAME BROWN SWITCHES WAS RELEASED BEFORE THIS.

THESE UPGRADES IN THIS WE'D NOT DO AS A TYPICAL REBUILD FOR A CUSTOMER'S AMP AS IT INVOLVES EXPERIMENTING. THE ORIGINAL AMP NEEDED VOLUME PAST 1 O'CLOCK POSITION TO BE LOUD & DIDN'T GO MUCH LOUDER. HERE AT 10 O'CLOCK POSITION IT'S AS LOUD NOW PLUS BRINGING A PROPER TREBLE & BASS OUT FROM WHAT WAS QUITE A SAFE TAME AMP. IT STILL IS 15W. THE METAL CASE INSIDE ON EARLY SONY WASN'T PLATED LIKE LATER SONY SO GOES GREY IN PLACES WITH THE FINGERMARKS OF THE SONY WORKER ON THE INSIDE REAR PANEL.

FITTED 3-CORE MAINS. ADDED A PROPER MAINS FUSE BY THE MAINS INPUT CABLE AS THIS HAD NONE, AS WITH THE STR-6050. FITTED 4MM SPEAKER CONNECTOR SOCKETS AS THE ORIGINAL SMALL SCREWS ARE NOT USER-FRIENDLY NOW OR THEN. WE'VE GIVEN IT DECENT UPGRADES JUST TO SEE HOW GOOD IT CAN BE.

AUX GOES THROUGH 'PHONO' AS WAS ON SOME AMPS. WE USED IT BYPASSING THIS WITH THE 'TAPE MON' INPUT USING 'MONITOR' SWITCH ON THE FRONT. AS ON SONY THE FRONT PANEL 6.3mm 'AUX 2' SUITS LINE LEVEL INPUTS, BOTH AUX ARE VIA PHONO. THE 'LOUDNESS' BUTTON NORMALLY STAYS OUT, TO USE IT PRESS IT IN.

ALL IN NICE CONDITION, JUST A LIGHT SCRATCH ON THE FASCIA UNDER 'BASS' THAT BARELY SHOWS IN USE. FEET ARE REPLACEMENT ONES, AS WE GOT IT WITH.


A medium sized amp 400mm wide x mm high x 280mm deep if 325mm Max Depth inc fittings.

THE AMP ITSELF WEIGHS ABOUT 7.25KG

THIS AMPLIFIER HAS BEEN FULLY SERVICED, CLEANED, CHECKED VISUALLY BY TAKING APART, RUN IN FOR HOURS AS WELL AS USED BY US!

WHY PAY EXTRA FOR A SERVICED AMPLIFIER WHEN OTHERS ARE CHEAPER?

All amplifiers & receivers we sell as "SERVICED" means they have always been CLEANED, CHECKED, FULLY TESTED, FULLY ADJUSTED, USED FOR MANY HOURS and are offered as good reliable amps ready for you to use. We've sold over 100 Amplifiers & Receivers now & buyers are clearly pleased with the item they get! A Serviced Amplifier is a Reliable Amplifier & will have had any problems dealt with before we sell it. Our checking is way beyond a basic PAT test, each amp is taken apart & examined. We are Qualified Electronics Engineers with over 20 years experience of Amplifiers. All amps over 20 years old need servicing as parts need attention to work properly or faults, failures, damage, noisy operation and unreliability may be present. Any faults we can repair & our work is of a very high quality. On each listing we put at least 12 large clear photos of all aspects of the item including the insides.

This is a Vintage Electrical item. No Warranty or Guarantee is offered or implied but be assured we have Serviced & Tested it to a very high standard before sale.

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