sansui or yamaha

Bombaywalla is kind in writing "much richness," where I wrote "colored sound" regarding the Sansui/DCM combo.

It comes down to the sound that you're after, and 70's gear (not everything) leans towards rich/colored sound when we're talking Sansui, Yamaha, etc.. I think the Yamaha SA2000 is new and aimed at the 70's sound? That's all I know about it.

I also think that if you're after "natural" sound that may be mistakingly referred to as thin, you may be disappointed in what you hear. Achieving true natural sound comes at a price, and may not be your cup of tea when listening to 70's music.

What kind of music do you listen to?

thanks everyone for responding as regards to my music preference I do listen to a lot of classic rock but i also like the blues it just kinda depends on my mood that day anything from Hendrix to Norha Jones,Joss Stone,black keys,Adele

I had a G8000 that was a fun match to some Pioneer 99As, but when
matched to any type of difficult load would go into protection if driven hard. The Yamaha A-S2000 is a more neutral & powerful amp. It will more
easily run more modern speaker loads, cables, ect... I ran an Empire tt 598 into the Sansui with good results & only moved on when tiring of the suspended table, & now match a VPI Traveler to the Yamaha. Both can provide hrs. of enjoyment. The Yamaha is an exceptional value.....

I'm late but I've owned an A-S2000 for about two years and it is an amazing integrated amplifier. I use it to drive my ATC SCM40's and the sound is amazingly revealing and clean with no signs of brightness. I would caution against using it with the 2m black, however; as that is simply more cartridge than you'll need if you are using the built-in phono stage. I had that cartridge and it worked well with a separate phono stage (Pro-Ject Tube Box SE II/Rega P5) but the built-in stage was not up to the job. I would say that the built-in phono stage was very nice with the 2M Blue I tried but the Black just embarrasses the built-in stage.

Another vote for the Yammy, how irrelevent this comment by Yogiboy, completely unfounded.