Jarhead1964
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Can anyone suggest a source for parts/advice on rebuilding the SF2 omni speaker? All help appreciated.
Rebuilding Sansui SF2 - help!
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Welcome to AudioKarma Exclusively Sansui. What parts do you need? Parts Express is a good source for speaker parts. They would have capacitors for the crossovers and foam surrounds for the edges of the drivers. These are the typically replaced parts. Those speakers are fairly rare so trim or other specialized parts would need to come from a donor unit.
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The biggest issue with the SF2's is the foam on the back of the lattice grills. It has surely deteriorated. I have just used a vacuum cleaner with its brush attachment to remove it from the back of each grill (after disassembly), then reassembled it without foam. They still look good even without the foam, although I blackened some white wire connections inside with a felt marker.
Jarhead1964
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Thank you!
They are neat speakers, though a bit limited in power handling and freq response. I have a pair that did duty for years as end tables, now in storage awaitng an arrangement that will put them back in service.
Very nice looking and had a decent sound for background music or as rear channels in a quad setup. Not sure I'd use them as primary/front channel speakers though as their low end output is limited.
This was a popular design idea for just a couple of years in the early 70's, it seems. Pioneer did a couple of models that were round (the Sansui's are what I'd call a polyhedron shape) I think Zenith did a couple as well and Radio Shack had a model or two under the Realistic badge.
Not sure who was first with the idea, but it was clearly knocked off by multiple hi-fi makers. I'm thinking some suitable foam could be found to replace the OE acoustical foam that is always shot on any one finds now. Mine were pretty bad when I bought them ~15 years ago but I left them be. I know when they come out of storage I'll have to address that.
Finally, be careful not to overdrive them, the woofers have paper cones that look to be easily damaged, and finding spare drivers means finding a set being parted out, as is usually the case with Sansui speakers.
Very nice looking and had a decent sound for background music or as rear channels in a quad setup. Not sure I'd use them as primary/front channel speakers though as their low end output is limited.
This was a popular design idea for just a couple of years in the early 70's, it seems. Pioneer did a couple of models that were round (the Sansui's are what I'd call a polyhedron shape) I think Zenith did a couple as well and Radio Shack had a model or two under the Realistic badge.
Not sure who was first with the idea, but it was clearly knocked off by multiple hi-fi makers. I'm thinking some suitable foam could be found to replace the OE acoustical foam that is always shot on any one finds now. Mine were pretty bad when I bought them ~15 years ago but I left them be. I know when they come out of storage I'll have to address that.
Finally, be careful not to overdrive them, the woofers have paper cones that look to be easily damaged, and finding spare drivers means finding a set being parted out, as is usually the case with Sansui speakers.
