Technics SA-404 receiver

With all the receivers to choose from,how do you make the right choice? By comparing power, performance and price. It's the only meaningful way to tell how much receiver you're getting for your money.

So compare.

As you can see, Technics gives you a lot. A lot of power and a lot of performance at a avery good price. That's because our receivers have the technology you need. Like hefty transformers and big power capacitors to punch out deep bass notes with authority. Like a dynamic headroom of 1,4 dB which means 38% extra power (above RMS) on sudden musical transients.

Our phono sections are just a s impressive. All have a very high Signal-to-Noise Ratio, which means that even quiet musical passages come through clearly.

Yet each can handle the high voltages generated by today's best records.

And when it comes to FM, all Technics rceivers include MOS FET's for high sensitivity and low noise. "Flat Group Delay" IF stages for clean signal processing. And phase-locked-loop circuitry for accurate stereo imagimg.

With the SA-404 and SA-505, you also get 10 LED peak-power indicators. And Acoustic Control that gives you more control over both the bass and treble frequencies than is possible with conventional tone controls.

Specifications

Amplifier Section

Rated Power Output (minimum sine wave RMS):  50 W per channel into 8 Ω (20 Hz - 20 kHz both ch. Driven, 0,04% T.H.D.)

1 kHz Continuous Power Output (both ch. Driven 0,04% T.H.D.):

55 W per channel into 8 Ω

60 W per channel into 4 Ω

Dynamic Headroom:  1,4 dB 98 Ω)

Total Harmonic Distortion

Rated Power at 20 Hz - 20 kHz :  0,04% (8 Ω)

Half Power at 20 Hz - 20 kHz :  0,02% (8 Ω)

Hale power at 1 kHz :  0,009% (8 Ω)

SMPTE Intermodulation Distortion:  0,04% (8 Ω)

Frequency Response:

Phono :  RIAA standard curve +0,3 dB

Tuner, Aux, Tape :  7 Hz - 45 kHz -1 dB (20 Hz - 20 kHz ±0,2 dB)

Input Sensitivity:

Phono :  0,4 mV (2,5 mV, IHF'66)

Tape 1, 2 :  20 mV (150 mV, IHF'66)

Signal-to-Noise Ratio (IHF, A)

Phono :  73 dB (80 dB, IHF'66)

Tuner, Aux, Tape :  78 dB (95 dB, IHF'66)

Maximumm Input Voltage:

Phono :  120 mV (150 mV, 1 kHz)

Input Impedance

Phono :  47 k Ω

Tape 1, 2 :  27 k Ω

Tone Controls

Bass :  ±10 dB at 50 Hz

Treble ;  ±10 dB at 20 kHz

Acoustic Controls (at tone "0" position):

Low Boost :  100 Hz, +6 dB

High Boost :  10 kHz, +6 dB

Low Filter:  100 Hz, -6 dB/oct

High Filter :  7 kHz, -6 dB/oct

Loudness Control (volume at -30 dB):  50 Hz, +9 dB

Output Voltage

Rec Out :  150 mV

Low Frequency Damping Factor:  34 at 8 Ω; 17 at 4 Ω

Load Impedance

Main or Remote:  4- 16 Ω

Main and Remote :  8 - 16 Ω

FM Tuner Section

Frequency Range:  88 - 108 MHz

Sensitivity:  10,8 dBf (1,9 µV, IHF'58)

50 dB Quieting Sensitivity

Mono :  13,7 dBf (2,7 µV, IHF-58)

Stereo :  37,2 dBf (39,7 µV, IHF'58)

Total Harmonic Distortion

100 Hz :  0,15% (mono ); 0,3% (stereo)

1 kHz :  0,15% (mono): 0,3% (stereo)

6 kHz ;  0,3% (mono); 0,4% (stereo)

Signal-to-Noise ratio

Mono :  75 dB

Stereo :  70 dB

Frequency Response:  20 Hz - 15 kHz +1 dB, -2 dB

Alternate Channel Selectivity:  70 dB

Capture Ratio:  1,2 dB

Image Rejection (98 MHz):  60 dB

IF Rejection (98 MHz):  75 dB

Spurious Response Rejection (98 MHz):  82 dB

AM Suppression:  55 dB

Stereo Separation:

At 1 kHz :  45 dB

At 10 kHz :  35 dB

Carrier leak:

At 19 kHz :  -40 dB

At 38 kHz ;  -50 dB

Antenna Terminals :  300 Ω (balanced), 75 Ω (unbalanced)

AM Tuner Section

Frequency Range:  525 - 1605 kHz

Sensitvity:  30 µV, 300 µV/m

Selectivity:  30 dB

Image Rejection (1000 kHz):  50 dB

IF Rejection (1000 kHz):  40 dB

General

Power Supply/Consumption:  AC 120 V, 60 Hz  / 300 W, 345 VA

Dimensions (W x H x D):  480 x 160 x 293 mm (18-29/32" x 6-5/16" x 11-17/32")

Weight:  8,4 kg (18,5 lbs)