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    I’ve seen that refurbished antique receivers from the 70’s are in demand, different auction sites are both selling and buying them. Companies that make a living by restoring them to their former glory, and even better than new, with the latest audio capacitors and LED lighting, are popping up everywhere.

    I spoke to an old friend I haven’t seen in a year or two, and he was looking for a starter record player. He had acquired about 40 vinyl albums already, and assembled himself a stereo like he always wanted, every since the 70’s apparently.

    At a local shop, he found they had old receivers restored with the best of new parts, recapped and cleaned and LED replacement lights. He purchased a beautiful Sansui G-7000, I believe it says on the glass, making 85 watts of discrete transistor power! He paid $600, I’m not sure what such a recover costed new? But she is a beast! I was very impressed by sound quality, it looked absolutely new! I enjoyed being able to tweak the EQ circuit, bass and treble knobs with a few push buttons, all click just right, a pleasure to use! Unfortunately I only captured this one picture.



    You can see the edge of the Pro-Ject ‘table I sold him, and he had old speakers he got from his sister, that may not be as old as the receiver? But, were your standard large Yamaha 3 ways with 10” woofers, in very good shape and even the cloth on the grills looked good. We sat and spun several records, the phono preamp sounded amazing! Better than I expected. I guess that’s why I’m writing this, his new antique stereo sounded better than it had any right to for the money invested! For less than $800, he has a very attractive, powerful, and soul stirring system! Just like the 70’s, all he has is FM radio and LP vinyl. It was a pleasure to sit and listen to it for a few hours.

    Russell

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    Love Sansui !
    My System:
    Amplification - Sansui AU-alpha 707 DR
    Turntable - Technics SP10 MK2-Technics EPA-250 Tonearm-Yannis Tome 423.5Plus tonearm cable-Eichmann KLEI Absolute Harmony plugs.
    Ortofon Cadenza Black moving coil cartridge-Fritz Gyger S re-tip. Panzerholz plinth.

    CDP - Pioneer PD-91
    Speakers - Spendor D7 on Soundcare SuperSpikes
    QED Silver Spiral speaker cable-airloc banana plugs
    Mains - Ultra Pure silver plated un-switched socket-Missing link EPS 500 silver plated plugs-Hi-Fi Tuning gold plated silver ceramic 13 amp fuses

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    The smell and look of the older stuff gets your juices going ,so you are already in partial love before you hear the sound ?

    Nice little setup
    I only ride 'em, I don't know what makes 'em work

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    Classic HiFi is my thing
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    Last week he told me it quit working, no power. He asked if I thought he should open it and replace the fuse, but I asked if it was still under warranty. It only had a 30 day warranty, but he was still within the time period. So he returned it, and the man found that the fuse holder was loose from the circuit board and was shorting on other traces. So it’s fully repaired and back on duty!

    He was asking about hanging the record player from the ceiling. I suggested he look at one of the wall mounted record player shelves.

    Russell

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    Quote Originally Posted by alphaGT View Post

    He was asking about hanging the record player from the ceiling. l
    Go to admire his ambition!

    You can't beat a good old receiver with dozens of knobs, buttons and lights. Don't think I could part with my HK930 even though it never gets used.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
    Go to admire his ambition!

    You can't beat a good old receiver with dozens of knobs, buttons and lights. Don't think I could part with my HK930 even though it never gets used.
    It really is a thing of beauty, it brings back memories of late night jam sessions with the large FM dial the only light in the room. His Sansui is rated at 85 watts, but it has got solid slam and pristine highs, that sounds like a 200 watt amp I had. It’s seems the good old days really were good!

    Russell

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    Quote Originally Posted by alphaGT View Post
    It really is a thing of beauty, it brings back memories of late night jam sessions with the large FM dial the only light in the room. His Sansui is rated at 85 watts, but it has got solid slam and pristine highs, that sounds like a 200 watt amp I had. It’s seems the good old days really were good!

    Russell
    As I ave said time and time again on the forum , older hifi was designed and built by engineers to be the best it could be , newer mass produced hifi it built by accountants , minimum investment max prophet
    Give me affordable vintage hifi every time
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    Quote Originally Posted by Audio Al View Post
    As I ave said time and time again on the forum , older hifi was designed and built by engineers to be the best it could be , newer mass produced hifi it built by accountants , minimum investment max prophet
    Give me affordable vintage hifi every time
    NEWS!!

    The Holy Prophet Elijah (St. Elias) Thanks vintage hifi for not "prophet-eering".

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    He's the patron saint of quality hi-fi.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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