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Sansui 771

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Texas Blues

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I did some reading in here about the Sansui 771 because one came up for sale locally. Well, I bought it and brought it home to test. Ya'll were not kidding about the sound and power of this 40 WPC reciever! Very impressive for the rating, seems under rated (advertised power).
I had at one time an 8080, that of course would blow the house over, but this 771 is no pushover. With 3 speaker outs its real handy, none of my other amps have this feature. With the volume on one, its already beefy sounding (with the loudness on), on 2 or 3, it gets downright loud. I would recommend this reciever to anyone. Makes me want to hunt for the bigger brother 881. Here's a pic for those interested. Thanks for the posters who applauded this amp, cause now I have one. TB

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I got one of those a few years back at a yard sale for $5.
Damn fine receiver, they didn't know what they had.
Enjoy....:music:
 
I got mine a few years back out of the back of a 76 Chevy P/U that was about to go to the scrap yard. I didn't know much about home audio at the time but after getting it home and hooked up to a decent pair of speakers I was smitten. Been into finding vintage stereo stuff since then But I have yet to hear anything that will touch my old faithfull 771. Sure would like to find some bigger Sansui stuff to try against it but there doesn't seem to be much of it in my area.
 
The 771 is a fantastic receiver! I am "donating" mine to a dear friend getting started in Hi Fidelity. She is getting the 771, a pair of Klipsch Heresy II's and a Luxman PX 100 table. I need to find her a CD player. Don't fret fellow Sui fanatics, I am running in my vintage system a AU 717 and TU 717 with a pair of Polk Monitor 10's, first edition!! Also a Technics SL 1500, a Nakamichi RX 202 and a Teac 2 track machine. I just brought home my 881 from the shop. Bought it for $40 and had it completely looked over. Will take the 717 in for "maintenance' this weekend and the 881 will assume control of the vintage system. Let's see how that goes ... long story short, can't go wrong with Sansui, or as one local technician said, "the Japanese McIntosh!!!"
Cheers everyone!!
 
Since there's a captive 771 audience here, can anyone give me a general value on a very clean, fully re-capped unit?
 
I've posted several times on the 771. It will always have a spot in my main set-up. Currently powering EPI 200s and Advent 3s. Congrats on your new addition!
 
I am looking for an 881, My 771 blows my restored 990db out of the weeds sound quality wise! Why is the 9090 so popular when the 661,771,881 "cheaper" series sound so much nicer than the 9090 series?At least to me they sound much better.I have a Sansui 7 and it too sounds better than the 990db!
 
Hi,

The 9090 is more popular because it has more power and more features, and it sounds as good, if not better, than the 771.... and even the 881. Maybe you need to check the re-cap job done on the 9090?

However, my friend has an 881, 771 and a 661. They are truly fantastic receivers and sound superb. Just finalising a list of caps to do a re-cap job on all of them.

To answer a previous post regarding cost of a 771 which has been re-capped... the cost of purchasing new caps (except for the AM/FM circuitry) is approx $38 - for higher voltage Nichicon UKW audio quality caps. If running exact voltage UKW caps the cost can get down to approx $31. The cost comes in the actual work, which can take a few hours - and unless you are getting the work done at mates rates or doing it yourself, I don't think you will get your money back.

For interests... the 661 re-cap (again, using Nichicon UKW series and not re-capping the AM/FM curcuits) comes to approx $23 (close voltage) or $28 (higher voltage) caps. The 881 is $37/$46... the 9090 is $55/$62... and a Pioneer QX-747 is $81/$104. This is the cost of the actual caps. THe 661 and 771 could be knocked over in a day easily. The 881 and 9090 require more time, and the QX-747 is a weekend job. The aforementioned prices are for the caps only (from Mouser) and doesn't include labour costs.

Looks like a I got a busy Xmas period coming up, doing re-caps on some old amps.
 
river25 said:
To answer a previous post regarding cost of a 771 which has been re-capped... the cost of purchasing new caps (except for the AM/FM circuitry) is approx $38 - for higher voltage Nichicon UKW audio quality caps. If running exact voltage UKW caps the cost can get down to approx $31. The cost comes in the actual work, which can take a few hours - and unless you are getting the work done at mates rates or doing it yourself, I don't think you will get your money back.
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I wasn't looking to get $ back. I was more looking for a fair price on a re-capped and serviced unit. ie: If I were looking at one to buy. :)
 
Texas Blues said:
I did some reading in here about the Sansui 771 because one came up for sale locally. Well, I bought it and brought it home to test. Ya'll were not kidding about the sound and power of this 40 WPC reciever! Very impressive for the rating, seems under rated (advertised power).
I had at one time an 8080, that of course would blow the house over, but this 771 is no pushover. With 3 speaker outs its real handy, none of my other amps have this feature. With the volume on one, its already beefy sounding (with the loudness on), on 2 or 3, it gets downright loud. I would recommend this reciever to anyone. Makes me want to hunt for the bigger brother 881. Here's a pic for those interested. Thanks for the posters who applauded this amp, cause now I have one. TB

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Hell. yes...love mine, 40 WPC...under rated...hooked up to my JBL L46s....plenty of power , loud & clear!
 
probably cost 3-400 to pay someone to do it. Isn't the XX1 series of receivers the same amp design as the X0X0 non-db series - just a different face plate?
 
MusicNutt said:
Since there's a captive 771 audience here, can anyone give me a general value on a very clean, fully re-capped unit?
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Excellent reciever, plenty of under rated power....now a days ..2021...you can find them on Ebay but you will pay inflated greedy prices for clean re capped units....the G series had a better stronger tuner section
 
Silversleep said:
I am looking for an 881, My 771 blows my restored 990db out of the weeds sound quality wise! Why is the 9090 so popular when the 661,771,881 "cheaper" series sound so much nicer than the 9090 series?At least to me they sound much better.I have a Sansui 7 and it too sounds better than the 990db!
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Yes, the 771 / 881 models ..we're simple well made powerful units ....also G series...1978- 81....also the AU series amplifiers...
 
Fomoco1649 said:
Yes, the 771 / 881 models ..we're simple well made powerful units ....also G series...1978- 81....also the AU series amplifiers...
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I have a G-5000. It was my favorite receiver until I got a 771. Both are in unrestored condition; only basic throughout cleaning on both. The 771 gave me more of the sound I was chasing than the G-5000.

Selectively re-capping and testing both of these are the winter's project. Then I plan another head to head.
 
The Sansui 771/881 use the same Driver Circuit Board (PN: F-2436) as several other Sansui receivers. Other than some different components the boards are virtually identical. The 771/881 units were earlier and the 8080/9090 units later. The QRX 6001 and 7001 also used the same Driver Circuit Board (PN: F-2436). The differences of the PCB are minor and mostly relate to the final power output of each respective channel. This is one reason this family of receivers sound so similar. I have an example of each unit I referred to above and it is really hard to pick one over the other as better!
 
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