Cool Old Kit You Never Heard Of

[Macca]

I'm sort of casually looking for a power amp with orange level meters to match my CD transport and pre-amp and came across this Sansui B-2301



From 1982 (or 1983 depending on which source you believe).

The transformer alone allegedly weighs 12 kilos



There's a couple on eBay but 100V versions only which I won't touch. Probably be easier to find Shergar than a 240V version of it. Might be some 220V versions knocking about in Germany where in those days they'd never even heard of Linn or Naim.

Found a review of this amp and its pre-amp in the 1987 'Hi-Fi Choice' buying guide:






Older readers will recall that, in those days, despite their superior build quality and measured performance compared to the British kit it was illegal for a UK hi-fi magazine to give a Japanese amp a clean bill of health - as we see from the listening notes: