• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Year
• 1972–1976

• Category
• Audio Amplifier or -mixer

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 158380

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• Number of Transistors
• 22

• Semiconductors
• 2SC631 2SA704 2SC632 2SA678 2SC634 2SC1061 SV31 VD1221M 10D-2

• Main principle
• Audio-Amplification

• Wave bands
• - without

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110, 127, 220, 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - This model requires external speaker(s).

• Power out
• 26 W (36 W max.)

• Material
• Wooden case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Integrated Amplifier TA-88 - Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Shape
• Tablemodel, high profile (upright - NOT Cathedral nor decorative).

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 130 x 230 x 165 mm / 5.1 x 9.1 x 6.5 inch

• Notes

• A HiFi stereo integrated amplifier with output power of 13 watts per channel into 8 ohms. Slider controls for left and right channel volume, bass and treble, rotary selector switch for phono, tuner and aux, push button switches for hi-filter, stereo/mono and tape monitor, indicators for phono, tuner and aux.

  With a jack for headphones, RCA phono sockets for input phono, tuner and aux, for input/output tape, a DIN socket for input/output tape and terminals for 1 pair of loudspeakers.

  Specification
  Power Amplifier Section
  Rated output	11 watts per channel both channels driven into 8Ω
  RMS power	18 watts per channel both channels driven into 4Ω 13 watts per channel both channels driven into 8Ω
  Dynamic power	60 watts both channels driven into 4Ω 40 watts both channels driven into 8Ω
  Power bandwidth	20Hz-20kHz (IHF)
  Harmonic distortion	< 1.0% at rated output (at 1kHz)
  IM distortion	< 1.0% at rated output
  Speaker load impedance	4Ω - 8Ω
  Preamplifier Section
  Frequency response
  PHONO TUNER, AUX, TAPE REC/PB (input)	RIAA curve ±1.0dB 15Hz-15kHz ±3dB
  Input sensitivity/impedance
  PHONO TUNER, AUX, TAPE, REC/PB (input)	3mV/50kΩ 250mV/50kΩ
  Signal output/impedance
  REC OUT HEADPHONE OUT REC/PB (output)	250mV/10kΩ 280mV/270Ω 30mV/80kΩ

  Power requirements
  110, 127, 220, 240V AC 50/60Hz with voltage selector

  Power consumption 80 watts

  Each semiconductor listed once only.

  Matching devices Sony ST-88, Sony ST-88L and Sony SQA-100

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 3.2 kg / 7 lb 0.8 oz (7.048 lb)

• Mentioned in
• -- Original prospect or advert (1976 Sony Hi-Fi and Stereo Cassettes catalogue)

• Literature/Schematics (1)
• Selezione Radio-TV Dezember 1972

• Literature/Schematics (2)
• -- Original-techn. papers. (Service Manual TA-88 dated 1972)

• Author
• Model page created by Eduard Abfalterer. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3993 models, 3854 with images and 957 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sony Corporation; Tokyo