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Accuphase E-700
The E-700 is an evolutionary integrated amplifier that incorporates numerous technologies from our 50th anniversary flagship model, the E-800. The preamplifier section uses a Balanced AAVA type volume control with ANCC to create a balanced configuration from input to output and achieve driving perfection. The power amp stage that drives the speakers has been fortified from three elements to four, further increasing reliability. Experience the full breadth of emotion in live performances with the E-700’s superior expression.
- Integrated amplifier with fully balanced configuration from input to output
- Balanced AAVA type volume control
- High-accuracy, high-rigidity volume sensor construction
- Power amplification stage configured as an instrumentation amplifier
- Four-fold parallel push-pull configuration using power MOS-FETs driven in Class A
- Linear power output of 35watts into 8ohms, 70 watts into 4ohms, or 140 watts into 2ohms
- 160 W output into 1-ohm load (music signals)
- High damping factor of 1,000
- Strong power supply with high-efficiency toroidal transformer and large filtering capacitors
- Protection circuitry using MOS-FET switches
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Professional Reviews 93/100
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Sound Quality
94/100
Build Quality
94/100
Features Connectivity
88/100
Value for Money
91/100
The E-700 brings pure Class A authority to a single, lavishly engineered control centre, pairing near-silent operation with deep soundstaging, extended treble and bold, disciplined bass. AUDIOKEY REVIEWS found it drove difficult loudspeakers with convincing strength while preserving believable instrumental scale. Optional phono and DAC boards, plus musical tone controls, deepen its appeal as a separates-like integrated amplifier.
What Reviewers Are Saying
Pros
Exceptionally low noise, expansive detailed staging, and clear extended high frequencies.
Drives demanding loudspeakers with authoritative dynamics, solid bass foundation, and bold kick-drum impact.
Substantial construction and flexible system integration, with 10 inputs, useful tone controls, and two optional expansion-board slots.
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Cons
Premium $16,975 pricing puts it beyond many buyers’ budgets.
Its nearly 55-pound chassis is large and difficult to move, and Class A performance benefits from roughly 30 minutes of warm-up.
Upper bass was perceived as slightly leaner than a Parasound JC5 comparison amplifier.
SOUND QUALITY PERFORMANCE 94/100
The E-700 is described as exceptionally quiet, spacious and composed, combining Class A refinement with the current delivery needed for unusually demanding loudspeaker loads. Review listening found powerful, well-controlled bass, clear extended treble and a deep, detailed presentation, with only a slight upper-bass leanness noted against a Parasound JC5.
Transparency Resolution
95/100
The reviewer found only the faintest noise with maximum gain and an unterminated input, even with an ear at the tweeter. Its wide bandwidth was also said to reproduce muted-brass bite and metallic percussion delicacy with exceptional clarity.
Tonal Balance Musicality
93/100
Listening impressions describe a satisfying, integrated and musically convincing sound, with chesty vocal resonance and a slightly reedy head voice held in believable balance. Compared with the Parasound JC5, the E-700 was heard as marginally leaner around 150Hz, a small caveat rather than a broader tonal problem.
Dynamics
94/100
Despite its modest 35W rating into 8 ohms, the pure Class A design is specified to deliver 140W into 2 ohms and to remain capable into 1-ohm loads. In use, it drove Scansonic floorstanders with strength and authority, producing big, bold kick-drum slam and a solid bass foundation.
Soundstage Imaging
94/100
The E-700 was praised for presenting instruments at believable scale rather than exaggerating their size. The reviewer describes a deep, detailed vista with clear highs and powerful low frequencies supporting an immersive panoramic image.
Assessments of Build Quality, Usability, and Overall Propositions.
Build Quality
94/100
At nearly 55 pounds, the E-700 is described as decidedly substantial rather than lightweight consumer hardware. The review highlights high-current MOSFET output devices, MOSFET load protection and a volume-control assembly milled from a single aluminum block, with notably smooth and precise operation.
Features Connectivity
88/100
The E-700 offers 10 selectable inputs, a front headphone output, infrared remote, display defeat, dimming and unusually capable bass and treble controls. Its two expansion bays can accommodate optional AD-60 phono and DAC-60 digital-input boards simultaneously, adding MM/MC phono capability or USB, optical and AES3 digital connectivity.
Value for Money
91/100
At $16,975, the reviewer acknowledges that the E-700 is aspirational rather than affordable for most buyers. Even so, its performance and execution are characterized as a cost-no-object work available at a comparatively attainable price, with an enthusiastic overall endorsement.
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