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B-2102MOS vintage vs. B-2102

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I'm confused here, I see quite a couple of these 2102's on ebay and they don't say anything about being MOS VINTAGE.....then when I look at the sansui tribute site...I see an amp that has the same meters...but clearly says MOS VINTAGE and some of the buttons are different. Are there different versions of the 2102 ...did it evolve? Is the amplifier section from a 1985 unit different from a 1988 unit?

How would this amp compare sonically to a BA-F1 or AU-719?
 
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I don't see a B-2102 Mos Vintage with any meters. Can you link the pic.
The B-2201 has similar meteres to the B-2102.

The B-2102 is 200 WPC 8 ohms, the Mos Vintage is 100 WPC 8 ohms.

I would bet the Mos V is a better amp.


Rob
 
here's a pic you should recognize

I just don't get how some with the identical model number can be vintage MOS and others have the meters but the same model number and no vintage MOS decal
 

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The B-2101 and B-2102 are similar models and are separates corresponding to the AU-G99X integrated. They were meant for the international market and, according to Morden's Sansui data base were produced from 1984 to 1986, like the G99X. These are all quality amps with Sansui sound but come from the time when build quality began to deteriorate, i.e. more plastic less metal. The AU-G99X is similar in sound and design to its predecessor, the much admired AU-D11 II.

http://akdatabase.org/Sansui/Report1.pdf

The B-2102 MOS vintage is an entirely different beast. I've never heard one. It it appears from the Best of Sansui site

http://www.sansui.us/Issues_IntvsDomestic.htm

and the Japanese audio heritage site

http://translate.googleusercontent....le.com&usg=ALkJrhjjky52jd7JnHsPdLwn6-vzJ8bdWg

that the The B-2102 MOS vintage was a high priced amp intended only for the Japanese market produced in 1988. If you look at the Japanese models listed on the best of Sansui site, you can see that in the Japanese market model numbers were frequently reused. For example, there is the D907 (which corresponds to the AU-919), the D907 LIMITED, the D907F (our AU D11), the D907F EXTRA, the D907G EXTRA, the D907X, the D907X DECADE, the alpha 907, the alpha 907i, the alpha 907i MOS LIMITED, the alpha 907 EXTRA, the alpha 907L EXTRA, the alpha 907DR, the alpha 907KX, the alpha 907XR, the alpha 907 NRA, and the alpha 907 NRA II. Most of the later models available only on the Japanese market were 100 V only models like the B-2301 discussed in another thread. So, it's no wonder you are confused. I hope this helps.

Marc
 
yeah I have a line on a 2102 , the guy told me he bought it in Japan in '86...definitely not the MOS though.....not sure what I should do here.
 
When I got my B-2102, it had a bad case of the Sansui corrosive glue around many caps. That's why I replaced a handful of caps.
Something to think about.

Rob
 
I have a B-2102 with the same glue issue... although no corrosion per-se, have not replaced caps but it gets daily use and sounds great.
 
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