Technics SUVX700 Review

Overall Rating

Good, Technics punchy audio. Many record/playback functions. Does not seem to heat up like some other Technics amps.

None yet but looks a bit hard to place an EQ inline easily, unlike the SU-VX800 with its Adaptor switch...

Technics SU-VX700: I have owned many Technics amps and other audio equipment in the past, so buying the SU-VX700 second hand seemed to be a good move. I plugged it in and fired it up and it appears to live up to Technics fame. Plenty of punch and it sounds good too. People seem too ready to discard their straight forward amps in favour of Home Theatre amps because of the extra channels and all the "sound effects" and bells and whistles they have, but, when it comes to good clean HiFi audio reproduction, 9 out of 10 of these home theatre amps/receivers just can't foot the bill (live up to their claims), no matter what the brand name. Technics have been around for a very long time now and most of their amps have certainly set a hard pace to keep up with, given their lowish prices (bang per buck - so to speak). I have noticed too, that some of their amps get a little warm and there has been the odd problem with some of them cutting out as they warn up - some almost hot enough to fry eggs on, but, no such event with the SU-VX700 as it stayed cool all the time. This is usually due to the way the output transistors fire. In the past, with Technics amps, there has been an abundance of real punchy bass and a "loudness" button to boot. Although the VX700 has a loudness button, the bass seems to be a little less punchy than my last amp I had but as the much lower bass is required, it soon appears right on queue. I suspect Technics have a much better amp here than some of the earlier models I have owned as it seems to have removed any over emphasis on boomy bass in favour off more accurate bass reproduction.

It is a big amp and has massive cooling fins and a few large capacitors inside it and looks like it was made for real business.

I would suggest that you treat this amp with care as it, like many other amps, is part of a dying breed which has been all but superseded by home theatre amps. Not good for the true audio enthusiast. Home theatre amps just don't cut it. True amps like The SU-VX700 do..!!!

Members' Comments onampmaestro's Review

• ampmaestro on 2nd Jun 2005

  A footnote to my above comment in the "bad points" section... The Graphic EQ was "very" easy to add in, especially with the input and record selector switches... Simply place the EQ on Tape 1 in/out sockets (or Tape 2, I guess) then select which input device you wish to listen to and select Tape 1 in the record switch. Just like that... I grow more impressed with this amp by the day...