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Are You a Sansui Lover?

I can say yes, I am a sansui Lover. If it were not for my sansui AU-717 and Tu-717 bought in a tag sale for $200 some 10 years ago, I would not be an audiophile today. Ever since then, I have collected many of the sansui pieces except for the C2302 preamp and B2302 power amp which are rare to find.
To all other sansui Lovers out there, Tell us about your sansui systems, present and past.
Thank you.
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bizango1
276 posts
 
My roomate had the AU-717 and TU-717 amp and tuner about 32 years ago. I still remember how good it sounded and the feel of the volume control with its soft detents. It was cooler than the Kenwood integrateds I had. Sometimes the AU-717 would shut down for a litle while if we played "Goodbye Stranger" by Supertramp too loud after geting it warmed up with other stuff first. Those were the days.
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cerrot
1,700 posts
 
The first good sound I heard was 1979, the Sansui 9090DB into some large Altec Lansing speakers (Chris C., Brooklyn, NY -RIP). Only played metal, and, boy, were they loud. Remebering back, they had no depth of soundstage. But, Saturday night at Chris' was the place to be. When I first walked into that room, I knew what I wanted when I grew up.
mt10425
1,138 posts
 
I have the AU D-11 which has been re-capped and upgraded as the center of my 2-channel vinyl system. The phono stage is terrific and I can't see swapping it out for today's HI-FI sound. I'm a vintage guy with vintage tastes.
ajackson1
156 posts
 
Sansui, wow used to be the must have system in college. It was either Sansui or Akai. I bet ya, some of their systems from back in the day still sound great today. I had a Sansui cassett player that player METAL tapes, I was king of the block.
dav65mus
41 posts
 
I use a tu417 tuner in my rig and it has cd like sound quality.

I also have the au517 integrated amp, but while it works perfectly, the sound quality is not good compared to my modded dynaco st70 or my bryston 3b st.

Maybe I should sell the au517..... I have too much gear anyways !
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