Sony TA-FA777ES Integrated Amplifier Service
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- čas přidán 20. 04. 2019
- The incredible Sony TA-FA777ES integrated amplifier is one of the most beautiful amplifiers I've had the pleasure of working on. Sadly, beasts like this are very hard to replace with modern equivalents, so service and repair are always sensible options. Take a look with me as I service this heavyweight monolith!
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This ... could quite possibly be the greatest amp that Sony ever made !
I love the service care and professionalism of this business owner, shows expertise and passion for excellence!
Lovely looking amp
Sony has some hidden gems out there !
Cool video !
great build quality, great sound, great power, great looks.... perfect amp.
Fantastic amplifier! I’d love to hear one in person. Another fine job, Mike.
Beautiful interior guts. Serious layout and components.
Just found your channel! New subscriber. I like the style of your production. Low key but very straightforward!
You have such a nice touch to repair audio, very nice to see!!!
You are too kind, thank you!
what a beauty. look at those huge copper heat sinks. goodness. i'll have to search for your x7es video. i have an x77es. good old sony.
Nice video, thanks. Sony made some beautiful gear back then.
That thing sure is a beast!
Nice wood floors.. ✌
Japan was audio super power back in the good old days. Japan, not USA, not UK, not Australia.
UK had some some good tables and a few good amps
they still are
Les japonais son toujours là dans le monde de la pur haute fidélité
Nice Channel mate. I have the Sony XA50ES CD Player and JA50ES Mini Disc Player which I refuse to get rid of for some reason. I wish I could get my hand on an amp just like this as my amplifier died on me
I also have a JA50ES, sorry to hear about your amp!
Hello. Just found you channel. I am curious if you ever show any repairs being done or any work to determine problems. Thanks.
Hi and thanks for stopping by! I do my best to, but my videos are down the list of priorities compared with the work I do for my customers and the detailed articles you'll find at liquidaudio.com.au. That's the best place for all the nuts and bolts. Some vids have more than others, at this stage I just do hand-held shots, no tripods or multiple cameras, so I can't film whilst I'm soldering for example. I'll keep working on the videos, but as a busy specialist repairer with dozens of repairs in the pipeline, I can't spend much time creating the videos, editing etc. Not yet anyway, I'm working on it!
Side panels looks to be the same as in all ES series and easily can be removed to get access :) 4 screws each side only.
Yep, sure enough, the four screws release the panel as anyone would expect. Behind that, an internal chassis completely blocks the test points! This is the reason for the special test jig for equipment like this.
Hi there, always wondered how to set bias - was the voltmeter not accurate enough of a reading that you used those other pieces of test equipment ?
Hi, thanks for your question. Each of the voltage measurements is made using what you might call a voltmeter, but I have different models with varying levels of precision and other features to suit the wide range of work I do. I can't recall what I used in this video, but likely the Keithley bench DMM, which has higher precsion and much faster update rate, plus maybe the Tek DM-501A. If you have a quality handheld like the Fluke mustimeters I use for example, these are accurate enough to use for setting bias, but having higher precision bench instruments allows both channels to be more easily and precisely measured and set at the same time which is really how it should be done.
@@LiquidAudio Thank you for that comprehensive reply
I have this amp but with different power capacitors,
mine are not Elna.but Nichicons.
This amp has very clean treble.but.overall sound is not natural,
it has some unique light and relaxed sound .
The treble is ultra clean,mids are ok but bass is tiny .
To me much better sound has their TA-F870ES amp,it had everything but if you wanna unique sound with silky clean highs TA-FA777ES could be good choice,
especially for vocal type of music ,
it is really relaxed sound,hard to describe,
a lot of air around highs,
unreal .
Also original power cable should be replaced with better one .
the price of amp was 2200 euro in Europe,so not that much comparing
to Accuphase or Mcintosh or Mark Levinson 383.which I have heard and was not impressed at all .
What do you think about the Sony ES amplifiers, wanna get a Ta-F570ES and fix it.
Generally like Sony ES series anything, amps are no exception. Great gear as you can see from this lovely unit for example!
Can't sign off and leave us in a cliffhanger, tell us how did it sound :D
She sounded great, the owner still loves this amplifier.
In your opinion is a TA-F570ES a great entry level integrated amp? I won one at a bidding for 5,000¥ and it's on its way. I'm not crazy about sound, i'm just aiming for above average. Will it be fine if you were in my humble shoes?
Yep, a great small amp for compact systems. You can't go wrong with Sony ES series gear.
@@LiquidAudio great to hear! ^_^
Buongiorno, chiedo cortesemente se questo Bellissimo Integrato Sony si può Acquistare?
Hi, thank you but no, my customer loves his 777 and has no plans to sell it at this stage!
@@LiquidAudio Thank you very much! 😰 😰 😰 It's beautiful!! I have the Sony TA-FB820R!
机子安好吗？还在？
I dont know, woul have expected even more capacitance in a amp of that quality in the power supply, maybe 50k uF +
Sony TA F730ES good apmlifier or not ?
I had one but I was not impressed. The 770 and 707 sound better
why u dont show how to adjust those dials to 70mv i want to learn but u just show the amp and say all good about it like commercial and we all know how goods it is or that es7 cd player but i like to see explanation on how to fix something
Hi Igor, thanks for your comment and sorry you are unhappy with the video! I run this channel to educate and showcase beautiful hi-fi gear and the work we do @ Liquid Audio. It is not designed to be a 'how-to' channel.
Thanks! I have read that the TA designation is for a particular division within Sony while looking for this machine: czcams.com/video/_PrU4uEw2GM/video.html . Is that true? It seems that they make really good one-in-the-range machines like the TA-FA1200ES or TA-A1ES.
TA is the designator Sony uses for amplifiers, so all their hi-fi stereo amps are TA-something. Beyond that, I don't know if it has any other meaning!
200,000 JPY