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    Score!

    The only thing that's keeping me from dragging behind this morning is the super-stoked feeling I've got from the result of last night's 7 hour driving flog from the High Desert north of Los Angeles to the beaches of San Diego. It started out innocently enough with an inquiry to an on-line ad for furniture, exercycle and a Sansui stereo with four speakers for $275 as a casual add-on. No model specified, so I emailed and asked about it. After a couple of emails where the woman had to check what model, I finally got the response yesterday morning.

    "RE: Performance Road Bike, Lifecycle, Massage Table, Stereo:"

    "Hi Regis. The Stereo is a Sansui G22000 pure power DC Stereo reciever, huge amplifier, and 4 huge speakers 2.5 feet tall each. 950 watts 50/60 Hz . Serial # 238110086."

    My jaw dropped. My tyrant father made me sell my G-22000 (as a condition of living at his home) more than 20 years ago and it still brings up memories of painful regret. The G-22000 is pretty rare and they're usually command the high dollar on Ebay, easily topping $1,000. I've only seen about a half dozen actually go up for sale in the last two years, so finding one for $275 was incredible. This is one of the very notable "Monster" recievers of the Japanese stereo wars back in the late 70's.

    93 pounds of Solid State love and 220 WPC RMS. The amp has dual transformers as well and it's a dual chassis design that you can stack or attach back-to-back. It's over two feet wide and stacked it's almost 18 inches high. I got down there and I really toned myself down, not wanting to come off as a collector or somebody knowledgeable. But there it was and it was in nearly mint condition with only one small scratch on it that you wouldn't notice unless it was pointed out. I got four Kenwood speakers with it as well. Haven't tested it, but it did cycle through the power-on sequence, with the LED going green.

    I believe this will be a fine match for the L-300's. Here is a represantive pic
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    Kool! What were they replacing it with? Downsizing?

    John

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    G-22K = Very low WAF!

    Definitely downsizing right out of audio. The guy was selling it because of girl friend pressure. His last girl friend only let him hook it up once about 10-15 years ago and it hasn't been plugged in for over ten years! The latest GF didn't want it in the house at all, so it sat in the garage for over a decade.

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    shame for him...

    Quote Originally Posted by Regis
    Definitely downsizing right out of audio. The guy was selling it because of girl friend pressure. His last girl friend only let him hook it up once about 10-15 years ago and it hasn't been plugged in for over ten years! The latest GF didn't want it in the house at all, so it sat in the garage for over a decade.

    but great for you!

    now comes the healing....

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    MMmmmmm Beefy!

    That's a big chunk of Sansuiness. Did you calculate the WPD? (watts/$) Nice score.

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    Yes, that is a very nice unit....................cool beast! Imagine the price that would be on a similar unit today! Congrats on a neat score!

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    Very nice!

    That's a gem! Sansui really made some nice stuff in the 70's. I still have my TU-717 Tuner boxed up in a closet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pmakres1
    That's a gem! Sansui really made some nice stuff in the 70's. I still have my TU-717 Tuner boxed up in a closet.
    The build quality of those was very, very nice. I used to have the matching AU-717. Even the insides were beautiful. Here's a pic from one on ebay right now:


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    Ah, yes!



    Yep! Here is an interior shot of my TU-717 from a few years ago when I was still using it in my office system. I had the cover off to replace a lamp. This was (is) a very nice performing tuner.

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    Check this out
    http://www.craigslist.org/nby/ele/73269201.html
    Worth it or not?

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    Not bad

    Quote Originally Posted by evans224
    Check this out
    http://www.craigslist.org/nby/ele/73269201.html
    Worth it or not?
    The AU-888 is from an earlier generation circa '70. The top model then was the 999. The late 70's-early 80's Sansui integrated are considered the most desirable.

    Here's a completed auction for reference:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

    Here's a minty one:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

    You might enjoy this site:

    http://www.classicsansui.net/default.htm

    this one has some interesting tidbits as well:

    http://www.sansui.us/MySansui.htm

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    A peak under the hood?

    Hey Regis, when you get a chance, it would be nice to see some pics with the case off....sure there's some goodies under there!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Audiokarma
    The build quality of those was very, very nice. I used to have the matching AU-717. Even the insides were beautiful. Here's a pic from one on ebay right now:



    I owned a 717. I have been an audio-tech and freak for some 25 years now. I loved the great construction of the piece, but I actaully found it quite flat sounding. Not very punchy or dynamic. The Main caps were good. . . I don't know, maybe it needed very efficient speakers. Just My Opinion.
    Very reliable stuff though.

    One odd quirk on these for you Sansui owners out there. If you get intermittant dropping of channels and you have done all the usual suspects. I found this to be a problem, and it drove me nuts finding it. The slide switch on the rear panel that separates Pre/Power gets noisy. I was too busy checking the switches on the front and re-furbing the relay contacts.

    Anyway, nice score ! Gotta score now and then right ?
    LE15-Thumper
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    Quote Originally Posted by LE15-Thumper
    I actaully found it quite flat sounding. Not very punchy or dynamic. The Main caps were good. . . I don't know, maybe it needed very efficient speakers. Just My Opinion.
    Very reliable stuff though.
    I don't know if I'd go so far as to say "very flat sounding", but my TU717 was very clean and smooth. As for dynamics, I didn't think it was bad, but maybe not stellar. When I upgraded to a McIntosh MR78, there was really no comparison, the MAC was much more lifelike and "punchy" if you will. But, look at the cost differential-the MAC retailed at a bit over 4 times the price. (I always felt that much of the audible difference was in the audio output circuitry). You get what you pay for, as they say. But, like you say, it was a very reliable tuner. I never had a single repair incident aside from light bulbs for the dial. And the build quality was very nice.

    Peter

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    Quote Originally Posted by LE15-Thumper
    I owned a 717. I have been an audio-tech and freak for some 25 years now. I loved the great construction of the piece, but I actaully found it quite flat sounding. Not very punchy or dynamic. The Main caps were good. . . I don't know, maybe it needed very efficient speakers. Just My Opinion.
    Very reliable stuff though.

    One odd quirk on these for you Sansui owners out there. If you get intermittant dropping of channels and you have done all the usual suspects. I found this to be a problem, and it drove me nuts finding it. The slide switch on the rear panel that separates Pre/Power gets noisy. I was too busy checking the switches on the front and re-furbing the relay contacts.
    I had the same intermittant cutting out of one channel and it drove me friggin crazy. I finally gave up and took it in to my tech. I think he missed the back switch and ended up pinning it on an issue in the pre section. Whatever he did, he fixed it. I agree, it was not a stellar performer but it sure was easy on the eyes. I loved the black laquer finish on the inside chassis and power supplies, etc.

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