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2017 Sansui Serial Number Database

Hi tech507, welcome to AudioKarma Exclusively Sansui! Thanks for the serial numbers. Can you take another look at the 1000, there shouldn't be any alpha characters in a Sansui serial number and it should have either 8 or 9 digits total. Thanks.

- Pete
 
sansui sd 5050 reel to reel (my second one :)) serial # 242110134; kandetvara

for what its worth - the one i reported earlier last year was produced for the US with 110 volts. The above one was produced for Europe and ended up in Germany in 1972 with 220 volts. The US one was produced in August '72 the German one in October '72 according to the time stamps on the recording heads...
 
Both are probably multi-voltage export units. The stickers on the case are just indication what voltage it's set two when shipped. Take a look at the ID plate, it should indicate about 4 different input voltages. This unit was the 134 unit produced on production line 24 in October '72.

- Pete
 
Thanks Pete - According to my knowledge most of - if not all units - in the 70ties were multivoltage. I just thought that its is funny that both units are so close to each other production wise - one went to Europe the other one to the US. They haven't produced that much of that gear...
I moved to Europe 6 months ago. So I purchased one in the US and one in Europe - both so close to each other - almost shipping time :-) ...
 
Kandetvara, only the export models were multivoltage. The Japanese domestic models were all 100V only. We have 7 SD-5050s on file not including your latest listing. Two are from June '72, two from July '72, one from August '72 (yours) and two from January '74. Sansui often built equipment in batches based on orders from distributors. One of the major distributors at this time was the US military PX system. A lot of Sansui equipment was brought home by service men returning from overseas assignments.

- Pete
 
G-6000, 818040636, lbcgav
AU-919, 229030800, lbcgav
TU-717, 218090413, lbcgav
SR-838, 318031160, lbcgav
 
LBPete said:
Hi tech507, welcome to AudioKarma Exclusively Sansui! Thanks for the serial numbers. Can you take another look at the 1000, there shouldn't be any alpha characters in a Sansui serial number and it should have either 8 or 9 digits total. Thanks.

- Pete
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Hi Pete, those stamped alpha numeric numbers were all I found. Here's a link to a 1000 on ebay with several really good pics of the back side of the receiver showing a stamp of S F 6198.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sansui-100...m2f2ec7d950:g:BrwAAOSwCgJcqm2F&frcectupt=true
Hope this helps, looking at mine again it is actually stamped NSH 8009 instead of N8H 8009

Sansui 1000 receiver14.jpg
 
Sorry, it didn't occur to me that you had a 1000A. The tube stuff didn't use the serial number format that was developed later. Thank you for the followup and picture.

- Pete
 
7070,246070381,Olden Boy
G-7700,819090884,Olden Boy

These units were posted in March, but they don't appear on the updated April list.
Now I've discovered that there are two separate threads, and I posted in the one that seems to have dead-ended in March. Hoping this works better.
 
SM-A807,609122930,internet
SAX-350D,821010311,internet
SR-929,337080283,internet
P-L75A,935031777,internet
P-L95R,335081653,internet
FR-2060,323070361,internet
XR-Q5,333020037,internet
 
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