PIONEER Impresso 7 (1994) - The Art of Entertainment

The Impresso Series combines superior audio quality with stylish separate component design and convenience. Superb sound is assured by Pioneer's Legato Link Conversion, Stable Platter Mechanism and Aero Wing heat sink. The first components of this series (initially named Collection 5) were released in Japan in 1993. A year later, in 1994 an updated verision of this system was introduced worlwide as Impresso 7. Impresso components have an attractive aluminium finish and the line-up comprises:

F-C5RDS - Digital tuner with 40 presets, RDS with EON (Radio Data System - Enhanced Other Netork) and clock time display 

A-C5 - 45 W/ch (8 ohm) stereo amplifier with Aero Wing heat sink and chassis (improved heat dissipation and reduced vibrations)

T-C3 - horizontal loading autoreverse cassette deck with Auto BLE and Dolby B,C,HX-Pro.

PD-C5 - cd player with Stable Platter Mechanism and Legato Link Conversion.

S-C5-K - 80 W two way loudspeaker

All Impresso components feature anodized aluminium finish, each component has its own independent power supply and the whole system can be remote controlled.  

Aurex Micro System 15 (1978) - New Dimension in High Performance

Toshiba's System 15 microcomponents were introduced in 1978. Aurex was Toshiba's brand name for the japanese market but these micro components were sold with both Toshiba or Aurex logo worldwide. With less than half the size of usual components they set new performance level, in the meantime being elegant in appearance. The components of the Micro System 15 are:

SC-M15 - power amplifier (DC) incorporating a large toroidal power transformer, 40 W/ch (20 to 20,000Hz, 8 ohms), THD: less than 0.02%, Frequency response: 0Hc (DC) to 70,000Hz, BTL use is possible

SY-C15 - preamplifier: Dual FET DC equalizer amp and DC tone amp, THD: less than 0.01%, Frequency response: 10Hz to 100,000Hz

ST-F15 - FM tuner: Digital frequency synthesizer with auto/manual tuning and 10 station presets, Synthesizer accuracy: 0.0025%

PC-D15 - two motor cassette deck with IC logic control, two heads, direct loading and Dual Capstan Drive, Wow & Flutter: less than 0.04%, Frequency response: 20Hz to 18,000Hz

All components are 257 mm wide with a one piece diecast aluminium chassis for the power amplifier while the other components feature one piece front and top panel with additional aluminum panel at the back (instead of steel) and sides. All components were available in silver or in a more rare black version. This basic setup could be expanded with the following components:

ST-S20 - FM, AM, LW and SW Digital Quartz Synthesizer tuner

AD-15 - adres adapter. Toshiba's own noise reduction system in a separate box as an alternative to the Dolby circuit of the cassette deck

AT-12 - programmable Digital Timer

RM-15 - wired remote (5 m) for the cassette deck

AR-15HU - mini rack

AR-15VU - large rack on casters that could accomodate a SR-F45 turntable

SS-S12 - mini loudspeakers

SS-930S - large loudspeakers

Technics Concise-G (1994) - High Quality mini Hi-Fi

The Technics Concise G components were introduced in 1994. The full name of this High Quality system was Technics SC-KJG1 and it consisted of the following components:

Technics SU-A70 - Stereo amplifier, MOS class AA  33W/ch 8 ohm, R-core transformer, full remote control, virtual battery operation

Technics SL-P70 - CD player, MASH 1-bit DAC, optical output, virtual battery operation 

Technics RS-BX70 - stereo autoreverse cassette deck, auto tape calibration, Dolby B,C and HX Pro, virtual battery operation

Technics ST-GT70 - stereo synthesizer tuner, AM/FM Stereo, 12 preset, Timer

Technics SB-M300 - compact loudspeaker, 2x14 cm internal woofer + 2x18 cm flat square passive radiator, 14 cm front mid, 2.5 cm dome tweeter.

All components feature 7mm aluminum front panel, 2.5 mm aluminum top cover and can be independently operated.