New to me 222 - the venerable triple deuce
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Yep one or two of mine have those outputs. God I love the 222. So simple. I have two more to restore, probably going to go to them first instead of all the Luxmans and other Sansuis.Only one for you.
You can see my temporary solution for speaker terminals. Have to find a more suitable replacement. Everything works, but switches are scratchy, no surprise there. This has 2sc1030s as outputs, and they look original. A manufacturing variant?
JyriK
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Recapping done. Apart from the mfc and the first input caps, every elko was over or near +20% tolerance, most of the them +30-50%. But transistors seem to be in good condition, FE the output betas measured very evenly.
One oopsie: high and low filter switches changed places with each other. Doh!
Other than that, final adjustments to be made, and then some serious listening.
One oopsie: high and low filter switches changed places with each other. Doh!
Other than that, final adjustments to be made, and then some serious listening.
Saw this guy on USAM and was intrigued by the mod in the rear:
Thinking maybe someone added premain out, I asked the seller if he wouldn't mind snapping a picture, which he kindly sent me:
Wha? What purpose could it serve to have the speaker outs also wired as RCA plugs?
Thinking maybe someone added premain out, I asked the seller if he wouldn't mind snapping a picture, which he kindly sent me:
Wha? What purpose could it serve to have the speaker outs also wired as RCA plugs?
Scott Muni
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I recall back in the day, really cheap "stereos" had RCA connections for the speakers.
Agree, I had a set of Zenith speakers from my parents that had RCA connectors.
Scott Muni
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I've been installing these pomona brand binding posts in my builds. Plastic seems to be high quality, non ferrous, gold plated are also available.
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Thinking about making some cases. Pondering solid wood vs plywood vs MDF, and pre-veneered vs veneered. Scoured the web for some examples and now that I've seen em, I'm leaning toward solid wood. I have plenty of walnut, cherry, sapele, etc.
Example 1 Ampli vintage Sansui AU-222 SSP coffret bois - son-passion
Example 2 Sansui AU-222 restoration
Example 3
Comedy receiver combo option:
Example 1 Ampli vintage Sansui AU-222 SSP coffret bois - son-passion
Example 2 Sansui AU-222 restoration
Example 3
Comedy receiver combo option:
Consider me your first pre-order.
Let's see! I'm thinkin solid Sapele with a matte hardwax finish for the first one.
Also, I didn't see this before and because the poster doesn't post here anymore, but someone made a 222 PCB from scratch!
I don't know what happened. Maybe I just needed to 'burn' it in, but in the last 24 hours after what I initially considered was a disastrous Silmic II/Panasonic FC recap, the Sansui 'magic' has somehow returned. I don't know how. But it's here. I've heard and owned a lot of amps in my time, including some fabulously exotic ones, but none has ever come close to this Sansui AU-222.
None.
I guess that's quite a statement? But it's true.
The 222 is a sonic masterpiece.
None.
I guess that's quite a statement? But it's true.
The 222 is a sonic masterpiece.
BLAH BLAH
Super Member
Not comedy at all!
That is so shmick! So Zig and Zag!
The only questions being how thick/wide is the timbre surround going to be?!
Too thick, too hot, too clunky looking?
Too thin, too bendy, too unappealing looking?
And the best complimenting colour of the wood and/or veneer used?
Questions, questions...
Walnut is the classic look - but I think blackface & reddish woods like cherry also look very good.
Definitely doing one for the one I converted into a silverface as well.
I really did NOT like how chunky the 555 I did ended up looking - so my goal is 1/2" solid wood or veneered mdf, +/- vents. May bevel the front in order to give it a thinner profile.
BLAH BLAH
Super Member
Blackface sounds interesting...does it have visible grain and swirls?
Sounds like you scooped the nice one I'd been watching that was suddenly no longer available.
Another one has popped up today, not quite as clean. So, what's the story with the 666, might that one be available in the future? 
The one that popped up today is the one I got.Sounds like you scooped the nice one I'd been watching that was suddenly no longer available.
Working on the 666 starting last night! Will likely take me a while but I'm not keepin it unless it sounds better than a 222..