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Need Opinion on Accuphase E-202


Seriously considering above unit on eBay, but hesitant.

Have read mostly glowing reviews and have confidence in the quality of construction and sound, but am afraid of cost to clean up and calibrate and its longer term maintenance cost, especially because I read how arrogantly independent Accuphase west coast authorized dealer seems to be.

Are these units really dependable?

Can anyone recommend an able technician in the Portland / Seattle corridor?
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nolitan
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Would the newer E213 be better sounding that this unit E202 ?
nolitan
865 posts
 
accuphase has E212 , E308, E450. Of these three which overs the best bang for buck sound ?
How do these differ from sound of Krell, classe gears ?

thanks for inputs
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jedinite24
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Anyone else care to share their thoughts on the Accuphase E-202 either as an integrated or even just as an amp?
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jedinite24
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Well I couldn't resist hooking up the Accuphase E-202 to my existing system. First as and integrated then as an amp. As an Integrated I've got lots of cleaning to do. I hear a lot of scratchiness from my speakers whenever I turn the volume dial or the other tone controls. When I adjust the switch on the back of the E-202 and then use it as an amp the sound is pretty sweet. The imaging is front and center but a bit low in my system. I may try messing with the speaker damping control in the back of the E-202 but I don't know if that control is active when the E-202 is set to amplifier only mode.

If anyone has any thoughts on this or the E-202 in general let me know.

Thanks
dklk
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I don't have a response to the E-202 directly but if you decide to try something different I would go for something that doesn't have so many controls and adjustments on it. Less to go wrong and in my book at least simpler is better.
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