[mr.khali]

 
Nice Kenny!  I've got the 5700 - it was my first vintage purchase.................nice sound these units have! 

I see you are now a Pioneer man.  Although I really like the sound of this Kenwood nothing I have heard sounds better than the Pioneer SX980 I had for some time.  I haven't had anything with more that 80 watts per channel to compare however.  I would love to year the SX1980 or a TOTL Sansui amp one day.

 

[Oregonian]

 
I see you are now a Pioneer man.  Although I really like the sound of this Kenwood nothing I have heard sounds better than the Pioneer SX980 I had for some time.  I haven't had anything with more that 80 watts per channel to compare however.  I would love to year the SX1980 or a TOTL Sansui amp one day.

I have 8 vintage systems in use in various locations at home and work, and yes, primarily Pioneer.  I now have 5 Pioneer units that are 80wpc or above with the Spec rack system top of the heap at 250wpc rated (tho when bench tested it hit 309 before distorting).   The Spec drives my HD800 incredibly well as it does everything I plug into it, and out of the speaker taps with my HE-400 (and the HE-6 before it) is truly epic.  I feel the additional power, even though you don't "use it" does make a difference, at least to my ears. 

 

[richard51]

 
I have 8 vintage systems in use in various locations at home and work, and yes, primarily Pioneer.  I now have 5 Pioneer units that are 80wpc or above with the Spec rack system top of the heap at 250wpc rated (tho when bench tested it hit 309 before distorting).   The Spec drives my HD800 incredibly well as it does everything I plug into it, and out of the speaker taps with my HE-400 (and the HE-6 before it) is truly epic.  I feel the additional power, even though you don't "use it" does make a difference, at least to my ears. 

youre so convincing... i hope my hitachi sr-904 will do the job.... (you cure my upgraditis disease when i read that you live very well with he 400 and Pioneer amp )

thank you doctor!

 

[SirMarc]

Might go check out an SA-9500 this weekend. Any thoughts?

 

[Skylab]

The SA-9500 has a great reputation. So it's all about what condition it's in.

 

[SirMarc]

Thanks, looks almost new in the pics

 

[SpeakerBox]

Vintage Pioneer when properly restored is very hard to beat.

 

[Hal Keenan]

I have one. It was a workhorse for more that 30 years until I lucked into a Sansui 9090DB. It's 35 watts per side.

 

[SirMarc]

Ends up its a 2.5 hour ride to check it out. That's 5 hours in the car for a maybe, I'll keep looking. Pretty happy with my kr-7600 anyway...

 

[richard51]

Someone here know if the HITACHI sr-904 receiver shared common ground at the speakers out post ? thanks to you all for this interesting thread

 

[newcolors]

Hi guys! I recently acquired a Sansui 2000 solid state receiver and a technics SL 1600; I am now on the lookout for speakers and am checking out a pair of Sansui sp 2000 and a pair of Sansui S-930; what are your thoughts and or recommendations?
Thank you!

 

[dogwan]

  Someone here know if the HITACHI sr-904 receiver shared common ground at the speakers out post ? thanks to you all for this interesting thread

Easy to find out. Throw a multi-meter on the 2 ground posts and measure for continuity. If meter beeps you have a shared ground.

 

[Koolpep]

Guys,
 
I need your help.
 
I have splashed out and got myself a nice vintage Sansui to complement my Sansui AU-2200 which I think is amazing.
 
The model is this:
 
Sansui - A-E970
 
And it's a integrated amplifier with DAC....
 
My question is: does anyone have any idea which DAC chip is inside? It sounds fantastic and I really love the sound but am very curious which chip I got in there. I opened it up but the PCB that houses the DAC chip is front facing (not readable) and I can't remove it without some major surgery which I am not confident enough to do. Don't want to screw up a great functioning system.
 
I ordered a service manual from eBay but it will be weeks until it arrives, so if anyone with some insight knowledge can help, it would be highly appreciated.
 
 my new baby
 
 not my photo but shows the back
 
 not my photo - shows the back
 
 not my photo - full front
 
The DAC has Optical and COAX inputs and takes 32, 44.1 and 48 kHz 16 bit.
 
Any help highly appreciated.
 
Cheers,
K

 

[PhoenixG]

Hi guys! I recently acquired a Sansui 2000 solid state receiver and a technics SL 1600; I am now on the lookout for speakers and am checking out a pair of Sansui sp 2000 and a pair of Sansui S-930; what are your thoughts and or recommendations?
Thank you!

I had about half a dozen pairs of sansui speakers. I really liked the SP-5500x model, but didn't care for some of the others. I found sansui to be kind of hit or miss with speakers, so definitely try the ones you want out before you buy. Be especially aware of the surrounds. Especially on the mids and tweeters, some surrounds were a kind of rubberized paper sort of material that tended to develop holes. Just as a bit of TLC, many of them have tone adjustors that get filthy and need some good deoxit on them before they'll sound right all the time. 

 

[Mechans1]

My experience with same era speakers from several manufacturers is similar.  Much of the time it appeared as though they were competing with various odd tweeter and mid range horns.  The ordinary paper drivers were not anything better than ordinary cheap small magnet paper drivers.  There were notable exceptions from Panasonic weigh you can read about their foray into Beryllium drivers which are very special. There are always other exceptions, with some of the bigger Sansuis indeed, but I think you were better off bringing your own speakers into the system.