Originally Posted by
Grand Bois
Sansui made some great amps, and that's one of them. I just wish they had silver faces.
I was into Sansui equipment before I got into Marantz and now I'm back to Sansui. I'm working on a 5000 receiver right now........It's has a brighter sound than the Marantz receivers. My wife prefers it to them. I haven't decided yet.
Yeah - it took me a while to come to terms with the black. I'm a long-time Pioneer fan-boy, and have always loved the silver-face series. Silver and wood grain cabinets just look right, IMO.
Interesting that you say the 5000 is "bright" compared to the Marantz. I rebuilt a Sansui 771 receiver last summer, and it had such a pleasing warm tone that I hated to give it away to my best friend.
I'm moving away from receives and migrating towards integrated amps. I picked up a honey of a Kenwood KA-3500 at the swap meet a few months ago. After a complete rebuild I was into it for only about $30-$35, and flipped it for modest profit to help fund this AU-717.
I like not having to deal with tuner issues.
