I just purchased a Accuphase P300 on Ebay. I have been wanting to buy one for some time but the price has been hovering near the original price of $800 for a clean one. I only need a donor as I intend to totally re-cap the amplifier. This particular amp that I was able to get is cosmetically good, which is always a plus, but needed some work and the price paid reflected that,perfect.
The P300 is one of the only amps I have seen with output level controls, a major factor for my project. I intend to drive a pair of small Mission speakers to operate a psychoacoustics circuit I have. it's also nice that the accuphase is very handsome and is powerful.
This will be my 2nd P300 as I was the original owner of that amp and it was gone through last year.
One problem with these amps is the original power supply capacitors are a odd size and hard to find. My solution was to use a pair of Mundorf M-lytic hc 47,000 80V caps. They are a little oversize on width but the right height. These Mundorf's are a great cap and give this amp excellent bass slam and handle transients very well.
I have a set of blackgate N and NX caps for it that I have collected, so this amp should sound better than the original. Here are some pictures.
These are the original Elna electrolytics and film caps next to the Blackgate replacements
Here is my original P300 with the Mundorfs installed.
I will post other pictures and thoughts as this project moves along.
The P300 is one of the only amps I have seen with output level controls, a major factor for my project. I intend to drive a pair of small Mission speakers to operate a psychoacoustics circuit I have. it's also nice that the accuphase is very handsome and is powerful.
This will be my 2nd P300 as I was the original owner of that amp and it was gone through last year.
One problem with these amps is the original power supply capacitors are a odd size and hard to find. My solution was to use a pair of Mundorf M-lytic hc 47,000 80V caps. They are a little oversize on width but the right height. These Mundorf's are a great cap and give this amp excellent bass slam and handle transients very well.
I have a set of blackgate N and NX caps for it that I have collected, so this amp should sound better than the original. Here are some pictures.
These are the original Elna electrolytics and film caps next to the Blackgate replacements
Here is my original P300 with the Mundorfs installed.
I will post other pictures and thoughts as this project moves along.