Hitachi HTA-50AV (1980s)
Little is documented about the Hitachi HTA-50AV. The surviving record is mostly resale listings, and they don't agree on the basics. A UK listing calls it an amplifier - a "Hifi Separate" - while a US eBay seller calls it a receiver and has listed it more than once as a "Japan - Rare Find." What the listings do agree on is that it's a 1980s Hitachi audio component with a phono stage, so it would have been at home in a separates system with a turntable.
No technical specifications have surfaced. There's no power rating, no frequency response, no dimensions, and no original catalog material turned up in the research. The most concrete artifact is an original service manual, sold on the used-document market, which includes schematics. Recent resale prices point to modest collector interest. One UK listing asked £44.95, and the US seller's pre-owned units were listed at C$60.15 and C$81.69.
- 1980s Hitachi audio separate; listings use both “amplifier” and “receiver”
- Phono input (“WITH PHONO”)
- Original service manual with schematics exists
- One listing described the unit as working
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