We left the power to the people
The new Sony STC-7000 combines a super 1.7uV tuner and a preamp with the widest possible flexibility. There's no power amplifier section-leaving the choice of power output completely up to you. You can make it a receiver with the thundering power of today's mightiest amplifiers, or make it a moderate-power receiver whose other specifications are anything but moderate.
All the convenience and compactness of ordinary receivers are still yours, with your power amplifier neatly tucked out of sight. But the performance is anything but ordinary. Consider the impressive tuner specifications: 1.7uV IHF sensitivity, 100 dB selectivity, and a signal-to-noise ratio of 70 dB. And to make the most of that performance, the tuner facilities include switchable high-blend and muting, signal-input and center-channel tuning meters, a long, linear-spaced dial, rear-panel oscilloscope output jacks to help you aim your antenna for minimum multipath. There's also a coaxial connector for a 75-ohm shielded antenna lead.
The preamplifier is equal to the finest separate components. High voltage integrated circuits and other advanced features give it sensitivity, overload resistance, wide dynamic range, and clean, quiet performance to match the high standards of the tuner: only 0.1% harmonic or IM distortion, with 10Hz to 100 kHz response, and a 90 dB signal-to-noise ratio. And its facilities are as complete as those on any separate preamplifier, including such unusual extras as rear-panel audio scope output jacks, dual tape monitors with direct tape-to-tape dubbing, front and rear panel Aux inputs, a microphone mixing input with shutoff, and sharp-cutting 12 dB/octave high and low filters.
Think of it as the finest, most powerful receiver you can buy--or the finest, least powerful. The choice is yours. The cost of this high quality component, $549.50* Sony Corporation of America, 47-47 Van Dam Street, Long Island City, New York 11101.
*Suggested retail price.
SONY Preamp/Tuner
(adapted from Audio magazine, Jan. 1973)
Also see:
Sony Tuners and Amplifiers (Mar. 1973)
Sony components (ad, Sept. 1975)
Sony X-series turntables (Nov. 1978)
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