Early Sansui Amplifiers

[Luckiestmanalive]

Vintage smintage – the upgraded amp will be worth more standard one & if it sounds better do it

 

+1 - I didn't hesitate to upgrade the binding posts on my old Plinius 3100 when the plastic mounting bracket perished. I was right pleased with the result!

[Papa Hemi]

Show us a pic then - go on, in you own time - a pic, how does it look?

[Reverend Johnny Heathen]

Alas, it will have to be on my own time. Tried the ol' reach around (down the back of the rack) but was very unclear. I promise a pic next time I de-rack her...

[Zero1553552727]

I have a Sansui AUX 701 which I absolutely love.

 

It was from the last line of good Sansui's before the quality went downhill.

[Reverend Johnny Heathen]

Hey Zero, these read up really nicely... Pics? Thoughts?

[Reverend Johnny Heathen]

I elected to buy a slightly sturdier version

 

Ha! Turns out my 'sturdier version' is the same thing they sell at Jaycar! Also sold under dozens of different names/listings/price points on eBay which I'm now scouring for something slightly nicer for the 7900. This having been said I've seen many others have used some pretty basic posts - the likes of which are sold by Jansens for $6 a pop - and sung their praises so I may yet just go that path...

[ajst2duk]

I have an AU-517 refurbished by the famous Skippy in Sydney and an AU-4900 that I did myself, I also gave an AU-3900 to a friend of mine in Auckland. I grew up in the 70's with Dad's Sansui gear and I thought it was awesome. The AU-517 is an awesome beast

[Reverend Johnny Heathen]

Finally got to changing out the binding posts on the AU-7700 today. Was a tight squeeze - working within the constraints of the original casework as I wanted everything to be reversible (for the purists) should the need ever arise. After much ummm-ing and ahhh-ing, I chose to forego the stupidly expensive posts and bought these jobbies from a respected seller on e-bay. These posts are identical to others sold under all sorts of brand names and generically, at all different price points all over the net. Assuming there is a modicum of purity to the metal, the bananas are a snug fit and my soldering is up to snuff - I don't see how they'll fall short but as always, time will tell...

 

Edit: after 5 attempts at posting this and a pic... I give up. Grrrr.

[Owen Y]

Those big expensive posts are not necessarily better.

 

And, good idea to not destroy a vintage item by unnecessary surgery on casework.

 

Just visualise the music signal which travels at/near the surface of conductors & those big connectors often have  excessively long & odd-shaped surface profiles for the signal to negotiate.