Wow! My new gear is awesome. I’ve learned over the years when buying vintage furniture, Philco radios, pianos, and stereos that you must find the best looking piece. Repairs can almost always be done to the guts of these old things, but you can’t put lipstick on a pig. This pair looks immaculate. The faceplates and chassis covers are beautiful. I’m very elated with this purchase. Excellent seller.
That said, I knew going in that neither piece here was fully restored and I’m ok with that. There’s a fella locally to me who restores Sansui gear and I’ve got the eBay fella noted above as good options that I will pursue at some point. The gear sounds amazing in all sections and all controls seem to work well. I don’t see the amount of glue expressed all over the PCBs that I’ve seen on the web which seems like a positive. I realize and respect that this is still a problem that I must remedy sooner than later. The tuner’s guts are very clean as expected and the dial cord is just perfect and smooth.
Here’s some photos. I don’t have any taken from the fronts yet. We will see what uploads here. I think I’m limited to ten. Any advice or critical feedback much obliged.
Also interesting, I found the amp’s serial num in the file available in this sub-forum but not the tuner. No matter. I found both to be of an Oct 1978 vintage so likely were sold as 1979 units. These two have been paired for a long time so likely the original match since they have quite close serial numbers. Does it matter? No. But neat, nonetheless.
), but they do make a stack of black faced Sansui's look extra cool. That alone can be a good reason to aquire one 
