Ryan_1993
Member
Hi all,
I got a Sansui XR-Q7 from a friend of a friend a couple of days ago, he got given it from a family friend, but didn't want it. It had a weird male kettle lead plug on it so he didn't test it, so I've wired it up with a normal UK 3 pin plug.
It powers on, but it doesn't seem to operate at all. When you press start/stop nothing happens, other than the motor for the tonearm starts spinning, the belt on this looks okay. The tone arm doesn't lift or anything either. If you manually place the tone arm on the platter and press start stop all it wants to do is return to the resting point no platter spin.
I've looked a bit online, but with it being quite a rare model its hard to find details. A few on a few Sansui audio groups have said it almost certainly sounds like bad caps, a sensor out of whack or a PSU issue or a combination of all three. Definitely seems like an electronic issue to be honest to me.
I’m taking it to a repair tech over the weekend. I think my biggest concern is if its an issue with one of the turntables main intergrated circuits. Which I doubt then could ever be fixed?
Here is a video
It does look a fantastic TT though and will be a welcome upgrade from my Pioneer PL-12D
I got a Sansui XR-Q7 from a friend of a friend a couple of days ago, he got given it from a family friend, but didn't want it. It had a weird male kettle lead plug on it so he didn't test it, so I've wired it up with a normal UK 3 pin plug.
It powers on, but it doesn't seem to operate at all. When you press start/stop nothing happens, other than the motor for the tonearm starts spinning, the belt on this looks okay. The tone arm doesn't lift or anything either. If you manually place the tone arm on the platter and press start stop all it wants to do is return to the resting point no platter spin.
I've looked a bit online, but with it being quite a rare model its hard to find details. A few on a few Sansui audio groups have said it almost certainly sounds like bad caps, a sensor out of whack or a PSU issue or a combination of all three. Definitely seems like an electronic issue to be honest to me.
I’m taking it to a repair tech over the weekend. I think my biggest concern is if its an issue with one of the turntables main intergrated circuits. Which I doubt then could ever be fixed?
Here is a video
It does look a fantastic TT though and will be a welcome upgrade from my Pioneer PL-12D
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