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Johnny
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Well, I would say you absolutely cannot go wrong with the 717. Its just a flat-out great piece of gear, period. I`m thinking of buying another one ( with so many floating around on ebay) as a spare parts unit, just in case. I love mine. No monster watts here, but you wont miss em. Just clean, quite, beautiful sounds.
If you can, try and track down the matching tuner, another fine piece of gear.
John ( member AU717 fan club )
If you can, try and track down the matching tuner, another fine piece of gear.
John ( member AU717 fan club )
BeatleFred
Super Member
Well, Pete- how did it go with the auction? (I didnt see an Ebay Link to check)
The AU-717 is a very popular Sansui model and has always been highly regarded in any hi fi mag reviews Ive read. (Ditto the matching tuner TU-717) Its quite good with 4 ohm speakers and difficult speaker loads as well-as per mag review tests.
Its very doubtful that I would ever part with my AU-717.
B/F.
The AU-717 is a very popular Sansui model and has always been highly regarded in any hi fi mag reviews Ive read. (Ditto the matching tuner TU-717) Its quite good with 4 ohm speakers and difficult speaker loads as well-as per mag review tests.
Its very doubtful that I would ever part with my AU-717.
B/F.
BeatleFred
Super Member
Hello there Wooly Bully:
Well, with two BA-5000's ("double your pleasure") I configured them to run in bridged mode which in effect combines both 300W amps as one 600W plus amp. 600 + meaning, two bridged BA-5000's can actually put out in excess of 700W if need be as the amp exceeds its ratings on the test bench (as per reviews in Audio & Modern Recording Mag, 1977).
Of course, I do not require anywhere near THAT much Enormous Power. Most of the time while playing music, the power meters indicate that the mighty BA-5000's are loping along in the 1 to 10 watt range- which leaves me with about 690 Watts to spare
The bridged configuration allows me to use both BA-5000 simultaneously (thought one by itself is more than sufficient). Also, one of the BA-5000's has a broken off speaker post cover in the back- but I can bypass having to connect a cable to that post when the amp is in bridged mode, as the connections are changed around when used in bridged mode- as opposed to regular stereo mode, or the other option: vertical biamping, whereby I could have one BA-5000 drive the left speaker and the other BA-5K, the right speaker. (The CA-3000 or CA-2000 preamps have two pairs of Output jacks to make the connection to two amplifier inputs very easy- the C-2301 preamp also has two pairs of outputs and an A+B selector switch to activate both simultaneously- the rca jacks on the C-2301 are all elegantly gold plated).
I dunno.... I s'pose I could use the two bridged BA-5000's on the Infinity Ren 90 woofers and the B-2301 on the tweeters/mids- but that might be excessive overkill (though maybe not for our beloved THOR )
Regards, B/F.
Well, with two BA-5000's ("double your pleasure") I configured them to run in bridged mode which in effect combines both 300W amps as one 600W plus amp. 600 + meaning, two bridged BA-5000's can actually put out in excess of 700W if need be as the amp exceeds its ratings on the test bench (as per reviews in Audio & Modern Recording Mag, 1977).
Of course, I do not require anywhere near THAT much Enormous Power. Most of the time while playing music, the power meters indicate that the mighty BA-5000's are loping along in the 1 to 10 watt range- which leaves me with about 690 Watts to spare
The bridged configuration allows me to use both BA-5000 simultaneously (thought one by itself is more than sufficient). Also, one of the BA-5000's has a broken off speaker post cover in the back- but I can bypass having to connect a cable to that post when the amp is in bridged mode, as the connections are changed around when used in bridged mode- as opposed to regular stereo mode, or the other option: vertical biamping, whereby I could have one BA-5000 drive the left speaker and the other BA-5K, the right speaker. (The CA-3000 or CA-2000 preamps have two pairs of Output jacks to make the connection to two amplifier inputs very easy- the C-2301 preamp also has two pairs of outputs and an A+B selector switch to activate both simultaneously- the rca jacks on the C-2301 are all elegantly gold plated).
I dunno.... I s'pose I could use the two bridged BA-5000's on the Infinity Ren 90 woofers and the B-2301 on the tweeters/mids- but that might be excessive overkill (though maybe not for our beloved THOR
)Regards, B/F.
BeatleFred
Super Member
Oh Mr Bully- This one is calling you-hoo:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3035204916&category=3284
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3035204916&category=3284
