Technics SU-V80 (date unknown)
Almost nothing is documented about the Technics SU-V80. The Archive's research file has no confirmed identity, no specifications, no production dates and no original price. The fact sheet for this model came back essentially blank.
What the record does show is thin. The model number follows the SU-V naming Technics used on its integrated amplifiers (the SU-V22 and SU-7 are both documented in this lineup), and the Archive catalogues the SU-V80 under audio. But no source in our holdings confirms the SU-V80 was an amplifier, let alone what circuits it used or what it cost. The one period issue in our files from around this era is HiFi-Stereo (January 1987, p.102). It covers Technics's high-end C-500X control amplifier, priced at ¥89,800 (about $585) and built around six "optic modules" for contactless coupling. It never mentions an SU-V80.
If you own one, photos, a serial plate, a manual or just a memory of it would fill one of the blank pages in this collection.
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