Pioneer SA-9800 // Integrated Amplifier

SOLD , now part of a Private Collection
The Pioneer SA-9800 integrated amplifier is one of Pioneer’s greatest. It's as powerful as it is beautiful. With that massive volume knob, sliver front panel and toggle style switches, it looks and feels like it came out of a lunar control module. The blue vacuum fluorescent power meters only add to this futuristic look and contrast sharply with the classic silver Pioneer aesthetic. Sure, beauty is skin-deep, but this amp is bad to the bone.
Production
1976-81
Condition
9/10
Orig. MSRP
$750
Restoration
  • Full service check
  • Tested Beautifully
  • Cleaned controls, switches, and chassis
Factory Specs

TypeIntegrated Stereo Amplifier

Power output 100 watts per channel into 8Ω (stereo)

Frequency response 5Hz to 100kHz

Total harmonic distortion 0.005%

Damping factor 55

Input sensitivity 0.1mV (MC), 2.5mV (MM), 150mV (line)

Signal to noise ratio 72dB (MC), 90dB (MM), 110dB (line)

Output 150mV (line), 1V (Pre out)

Semiconductors 3 x IC, 6 x FET, 73 x transistors, 36 x diodes

Dimensions 453 x 155 x 425mm

Weight 40.5 lbs

Documentation

Pioneer SA-9800 Service Manual

The History of Pioneer
Pioneer was founded by Nozomu Matsumoto in 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and speaker repair shop. In December 1953 Mr. Nozomu Matsumoto succeeded in developing the first domestic dynamic speaker made of original parts. It was named A-8 and marketed in Japan under the Pioneer brand. It later became the origin of the HiFi ...
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Stock No.
7329926217949
The Pioneer SA-9800 integrated amplifier is one of Pioneer’s greatest. It's as powerful as it is beautiful. With that massive volume knob, sliver front panel and toggle style switches, it looks and feels like it came out of a lunar control module. The blue vacuum fluorescent power meters only add to this futuristic look and contrast sharply with the classic silver Pioneer aesthetic. Sure, beauty is skin-deep, but this amp is bad to the bone.

Production

1976-81

Condition

9/10

Orig. MSRP

$750

Restoration

  • Full service check
  • Tested Beautifully
  • Cleaned controls, switches, and chassis

Factory Specs

TypeIntegrated Stereo Amplifier

Power output 100 watts per channel into 8Ω (stereo)

Frequency response 5Hz to 100kHz

Total harmonic distortion 0.005%

Damping factor 55

Input sensitivity 0.1mV (MC), 2.5mV (MM), 150mV (line)

Signal to noise ratio 72dB (MC), 90dB (MM), 110dB (line)

Output 150mV (line), 1V (Pre out)

Semiconductors 3 x IC, 6 x FET, 73 x transistors, 36 x diodes

Dimensions 453 x 155 x 425mm

Weight 40.5 lbs

Documentation

Pioneer SA-9800 Service Manual

The History of Pioneer

Pioneer was founded by Nozomu Matsumoto in 1938 in Tokyo as a radio and speaker repair shop. In December 1953 Mr. Nozomu Matsumoto succeeded in developing the first domestic dynamic speaker made of original parts. It was named A-8 and marketed in Japan under the Pioneer brand. It later became the origin of the HiFi ...
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Stock No.

7329926217949

Pioneer SA-9800 // Integrated Amplifier
Pioneer SA-9800 // Integrated Amplifier
Pioneer SA-9800 // Integrated Amplifier
Pioneer SA-9800 // Integrated Amplifier
Pioneer SA-9800 // Integrated Amplifier
Pioneer SA-9800 // Integrated Amplifier
Pioneer SA-9800 // Integrated Amplifier
Pioneer SA-9800 // Integrated Amplifier

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