2017 Sansui Serial Number Database
- Thread starter LBPete
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nounours1895
Member
9090, 826051789, nounours18200
QRX-9001, 327060963, nounours18200
QRX-9001, 327060963, nounours18200
Sooopa
Active Member
I'm a newb to the vintage world only because I needed a receiver with phono inputs and decided to look for something classic looking. I stumbled onto a Sansui Classique 550. It was a little dirty and the vinyl is peeling a little from the wooden case but all bulbs work, there is no crackling when I turn the knobs plus it sounds pretty damn good to me with my nowhere near top of the line Bose 201s which date back to the late 80s when I play records or flacs via the aux input. It definitely is more powerful than I thought so there hasn't been any need to turn the volume up beyond the 10:00 position
After attempting and failing to locate a manual online I realized that I'm still a little confused by it. Everyone has conflicting thoughts on the 550 although the most negative posts were made by people who had never actually laid eyes...errr...ears on it. As a result I haven't been able to find any definitive answers about it. Initially I thought it was just a non-blackface version of the 5050. But on closer inspection I see that it has the button configuration of the 6060. Is it actually a silverfaced 6060? Then why doesn't it have a fuse in the rear like the 6060? Curiouser and curiouser. This thread is probably the most informative one I have yet to come across anywhere online.
In any event, this is my first post and my meager contribution to this 3 year old (and counting) thread
Classique 550,828060080,Sooopa
After attempting and failing to locate a manual online I realized that I'm still a little confused by it. Everyone has conflicting thoughts on the 550 although the most negative posts were made by people who had never actually laid eyes...errr...ears on it. As a result I haven't been able to find any definitive answers about it. Initially I thought it was just a non-blackface version of the 5050. But on closer inspection I see that it has the button configuration of the 6060. Is it actually a silverfaced 6060? Then why doesn't it have a fuse in the rear like the 6060? Curiouser and curiouser. This thread is probably the most informative one I have yet to come across anywhere online.
In any event, this is my first post and my meager contribution to this 3 year old (and counting) thread
Classique 550,828060080,Sooopa
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Welcome to AudioKarma Exclusively Sansui. That's an interesting piece. I don't see much information on it either. It does look like the smaller X0X0 series. Pop the cover off and post some pictures of the inside. The post you linked to seems to have lost all the pictures.
- Pete
- Pete
Sooopa
Active Member
Here you go Pete and thanks
Additionally the case is made of plywood which is then covered in some (peeling) plasticky woodgrain contact paper.
Yes the inside appears a little dusty and no I haven't done anything to it other than a cursory COVID post-buy wipe down. I understand that after blowing out the dust I need to pick up some DeoxIT D100 and go to town on the interior. For the moment it is hooked up to a pair of Bose 301 Series IVs that I had sitting around
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None of your images(?) are visible.
I get this
https://previews.dropbox.com/p/thum...SpAUWsqzPw/p.jpeg?fv_content=true&size_mode=5
Sooopa
Active Member
My bad. I dunno why I didn't use imgur in the first place
. Let's redo that post:
Additionally the case is made of plywood which is then covered in some (peeling) plasticky woodgrain contact paper.
November's findings;
TU-217,848043689,Reidy12,internet AUS
350A,023071249,Reidy12,internet
5500,212091247, Reidy12,internet
AU-101,514090463,Reidy12,internet
AU-101,581090940,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
AU-217ii,730020267,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
AU-317,218090855,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
AU-317,218092916,Reidy12,internet AUS
AU-317,228030302,Reidy12,internet Germany
AU-317,228030415,Reidy12,eBay Germany
AU-317,238090491,Reidy12,internet Czech
AU-317,837103902,Reidy12,eBay Germany
AU-317,837110824,Reidy12,internet Italy
AU-317,837112208,Reidy12,internet Bulgaria
AU-317.218120224,Reidy12,internet Canada
AU-317ii,220110829,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
AU-317ii,830000572,Reidy12,eBay France
AU-555,820050293,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
AU-7500,833070593,Reidy12,internet
AU-D101,573110287,Reidy12,internet AUS
AX-7,217090651,Reidy12,internet Japan
AX-7,218020310,Reidy12,internet Canada
AX-7,238030102,Reidy12,eBay USA
AX-7,238040318,Reidy12,internet Japan
AX-7,238040717,Reidy12,eBay Japan
AX-7,918030157,Reidy12,eBay UK
AX-7,918061301,Reidy12,eBay Japan
AX-7,918120531,Reidy12,eBay USA
Classique 550,828060080,Reidy12,internet
G-3000,017120828,Reidy12,internet USA
RZ-3500,55090692,Reidy12,internet
SE-510,474032284,Reidy12,internet AUS
SE-510,474110093,Reidy12,internet AUS
T-5,851101444,Reidy12,internet
TU-217,029010163,Reidy12,internet Canada
TU-317,028101426,Reidy12,internet Czech
TU-5000,816040021,Reidy12,internet
TU-555,829860777,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
TU-217,848043689,Reidy12,internet AUS
350A,023071249,Reidy12,internet
5500,212091247, Reidy12,internet
AU-101,514090463,Reidy12,internet
AU-101,581090940,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
AU-217ii,730020267,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
AU-317,218090855,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
AU-317,218092916,Reidy12,internet AUS
AU-317,228030302,Reidy12,internet Germany
AU-317,228030415,Reidy12,eBay Germany
AU-317,238090491,Reidy12,internet Czech
AU-317,837103902,Reidy12,eBay Germany
AU-317,837110824,Reidy12,internet Italy
AU-317,837112208,Reidy12,internet Bulgaria
AU-317.218120224,Reidy12,internet Canada
AU-317ii,220110829,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
AU-317ii,830000572,Reidy12,eBay France
AU-555,820050293,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
AU-7500,833070593,Reidy12,internet
AU-D101,573110287,Reidy12,internet AUS
AX-7,217090651,Reidy12,internet Japan
AX-7,218020310,Reidy12,internet Canada
AX-7,238030102,Reidy12,eBay USA
AX-7,238040318,Reidy12,internet Japan
AX-7,238040717,Reidy12,eBay Japan
AX-7,918030157,Reidy12,eBay UK
AX-7,918061301,Reidy12,eBay Japan
AX-7,918120531,Reidy12,eBay USA
Classique 550,828060080,Reidy12,internet
G-3000,017120828,Reidy12,internet USA
RZ-3500,55090692,Reidy12,internet
SE-510,474032284,Reidy12,internet AUS
SE-510,474110093,Reidy12,internet AUS
T-5,851101444,Reidy12,internet
TU-217,029010163,Reidy12,internet Canada
TU-317,028101426,Reidy12,internet Czech
TU-5000,816040021,Reidy12,internet
TU-555,829860777,Reidy12,internet Netherlands
Sooopa
Active Member
I'm in DC so if it is important for the record you can add USA to this line item: Classique 550,828060080,Reidy12,internet
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Oilmaster
Sonycus Peritum
CD-10,239040058,internet
TU-D707,239040128,internet
TU-207,028121237,internet
TU-666,240061469,internet
TU-707,847050036,internet
TU-777,230010247,internet
TU-777,238101241,internet
TU-777,249090058,internet
TU-1100,835100970,internet
TU-5500,025050116,internet
TU-5900,026020205,internet
TU-9500,223120112,internet
TU-9900,836010010,internet
TU-S607 Extra,812091143,internet
TU-V7,218120489,internet
TU-alpha 307R,601067447,internet
TU-alpha 517XR,604015377,internet
TU-alpha 507i,607111191,internet
S-XV1000,615116439,internet
CA-F1,210030040,internet
AU-111,518040150,internet
BA-3000,245060012,internet
CA-3000,225070094,internet
CA-3000,225070171,internet
QSD-1,215040158,internet
AU-9900,215060684,internet
AU-9900,215120109,internet
AU-9900,215120251,internet
B-2302 Vintage,210010049,internet
TAC-505,021080058,internet
SAX-300,16011418,internet
TU-D707,239040128,internet
TU-207,028121237,internet
TU-666,240061469,internet
TU-707,847050036,internet
TU-777,230010247,internet
TU-777,238101241,internet
TU-777,249090058,internet
TU-1100,835100970,internet
TU-5500,025050116,internet
TU-5900,026020205,internet
TU-9500,223120112,internet
TU-9900,836010010,internet
TU-S607 Extra,812091143,internet
TU-V7,218120489,internet
TU-alpha 307R,601067447,internet
TU-alpha 517XR,604015377,internet
TU-alpha 507i,607111191,internet
S-XV1000,615116439,internet
CA-F1,210030040,internet
AU-111,518040150,internet
BA-3000,245060012,internet
CA-3000,225070094,internet
CA-3000,225070171,internet
QSD-1,215040158,internet
AU-9900,215060684,internet
AU-9900,215120109,internet
AU-9900,215120251,internet
B-2302 Vintage,210010049,internet
TAC-505,021080058,internet
SAX-300,16011418,internet
