


Ooberpad announces the availability of the dynamic Accuphase P-7300 Stereo Power Amplifier. The P-7300 inherits technology features and concepts of the 40th-anniversary commemorative model A-200 and subsequent M-6200 and takes these notches higher. Some of the highlights are a radical reduction in noise and a significant further improvement of the damping factor. In the final stage, the parallel configuration of output devices ensures high current capacity and keeps the output impedance of the power amplifier extremely low. Additionally, intensive research has culminated in an improved NFB loop with remote sensing, and the use of MOS-FET switches characterized by low 'on-resistance.
This further enhances the ability to handle any speaker with competence, realizing constant-voltage drive even with extremely low load impedances. The guaranteed damping factor of at least 1,000 demonstrates the impressive success of this approach. Not just that, by further refining the parallel drive and gain allocation of the input stage, Accuphase engineers were able to push the noise floor to previously unthinkable levels, achieving a remarkable signal-to-noise ratio of 125 dB at maximum gain and 131 dB at the β12 dB gain setting.

The balanced input stage circuitry features Instrumentation amplifier topology such as used in high-precision measuring equipment. To achieve ultra low noise, the input stage gain is set to a high value, which in turn allows using a high power supply voltage so that distortion at large amplitudes is eliminated. Signal purity is further elevated by the use of ultimate-quality fully discrete components.

Accuphase's original MCS (Multiple Circuit Summing) principle uses a number of identical circuits connected in parallel to achieve superior performance characteristics. MCS+ is a further refined version of this approach, which extends the parallel operation approach to the class-A drive stage of the current/voltage converter, thereby further lowering the noise floor.
In the P-7300, the signal current rather than the more conventionally used voltage is used for feedback. Since the impedance at the current feedback point is very low, there is almost no phase shift. Phase compensation can therefore be kept at a minimum, and a slight amount of NFB results in maximum improvement of circuit parameters. Operation remains perfectly stable throughout, which is especially important for a power amplifier that has to handle signals ranging from minute to highly dynamic levels.
The P-7300 features a newly developed massive high-power toroidal transformer, enclosed in an aluminum housing with excellent thermal conductivity and superior vibration damping characteristics.Β The amplifier offers a choice of line inputs and balanced inputs that effectively shut out external noise interference.
| Brand & Model # | Accuphase P-7300 |
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Continuous Average Output Power (20 - 20,000 Hz) |
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| Input Impedance |
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| Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted, with input shorted) |
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| Output Level Meter |
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