Accuphase recently warned that the two entry-level integrators in its catalogue would be replaced by a single one. This is now the case with the E-3000, but although we were rather expecting the E-280 chassis to be removed, leaving only integrated amplifiers with a trapdoor on the front-panel, as it is for the E-380 and all the other models from the Japanese manufacturer, it’s the opposite that seems to have been chosen by the engineers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With 100 watts per channel at 8 ohms (and 150W at 4\u03a9), the E-3000 gains 10W over the E-280 and loses 20W over the E-380. The design of the front panel has been revised very slightly (some round buttons have become square) and the rear panel still offers the same number of RCA inputs (five in all) plus an XLR. Two pairs of speaker terminals are still available, very useful for bi-wiring or for wiring two different pairs of speakers. The internal circuit has also been reworked, using Mosfet again and improving the purely parallel structure (once you get past the power supply transformer, which is the same for both circuits).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Still very versatile, with its remote control (new RC-260 version) as standard, its pre out<\/em> output or main in<\/em> input for direct integration into the amplifier part, the E-3000 maintains the same signal-to-noise ratio levels as the E-280 (VU#38<\/em>). At 5 990 \u20ac, it is 1 000 \u20ac more expensive than the previous entry-level amp and 1 000 \u20ac less expensive than the E-380. No doubt relevant to the Japanese market, it now requires European listeners, more keen on models with a trapdoor, to invest a minima<\/em> in an E-4000 (VU#46), at 9 290 \u20ac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 03\/17\/2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Accuphase recently warned that the two entry-level integrators in its catalogue would be replaced by a single one. This is now the case with the E-3000, but although we were rather expecting the E-280 chassis to be removed, leaving only integrated amplifiers with a trapdoor on the front-panel, as it is for the E-380 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vumetre.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}