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Sansui C-2301 oh my!

EMenendez said:
Congratulations Jim!
The C-2301 is simply a masterpiece from Sansui. When I bought and received my C-2301, I was truly impressed with its build quality and phono stage. One thing to keep in mind with the C-2301 is that it doesn't have good ventilation and there can be internal overheating in the power supply area.
My C2301 is running with my Pioneer M-77 and my SAE 2600 but is waiting for the last piece that I want to buy to close the circle the BA-5000.
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Thanks! I am pretty thrilled. And thanks for the tip on the potential overheating in the power supply - I'll look for issues there. A C-2301 + BA-5000 will be a seismic pairing. That SAE 2600 is no slouch either - active cooling it looks like too! They sure made some great looking amplifiers. I will eventually pair my CA-2301 up with a BA-2301 or BA-2301L, and hopefully in the not to distant future.
 
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JimEGR said:
SAE 2600 is not slouch either - active cooling it looks like too!
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The SAE 2600 is a beast!
400W by channel in 8ohm and 600W in 4ohm it’s an amazing power amplifier with active cooling too it’s a little bit noisy but necessary to dissipate the enormous heat generated by the eight control transistors and 16 output transistors.
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JimEGR said:
Located a B-2301L. Really looking forward to this X-Balanced powerhouse!
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Good luck Jim with your purchase. I had very bad luck with the two B-2301L units, both described as functional and in good condition, and I received them both burned out.

I think in terms of price they were good buys, but that's part of the risk of buying in Japan.

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EMenendez said:
Good luck Jim with your purchase. I had very bad luck with the two B-2301L units, both described as functional and in good condition, and I received them both burned out.

I think in terms of price they were good buys, but that's part of the risk of buying in Japan.

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Thanks @EMenendez. I know what you mean. I think I am at about 50% success out of Japan. Just this last week I had a restored Sansui CD player show up from Japan. Properly packaged, but the tray broken inside from transit. A real shame. This is the second nice CD player from Japan I have had this happen with. I did recently find another CA-303 in Japan that had kind of a vague description about working and being restored. It showed up and is COMPLETELY restored, and I mean everything with premium capacitors. So sometimes we win.

The B-2301L I found is claimed original owner, with original box and working. So fingers crossed!
 
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Funny that my record (so far) of importing JDM gear has been spotless. While I haven't made a lot of purchases from Japan, (7 8 to date) quality of packing and shipping from there has been far better than purchase made domestically over the last few years.
 
Sansuiman said:
Funny that my record (so far) of importing JDM gear has been spotless. While I haven't made a lot of purchases from Japan, (7 8 to date) quality of packing and shipping from there has been far better than purchase made domestically over the last few years.
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Knock on wood!
 
EMenendez said:
The SAE 2600 is a beast!
400W by channel in 8ohm and 600W in 4ohm it’s an amazing power amplifier with active cooling too it’s a little bit noisy but necessary to dissipate the enormous heat generated by the eight control transistors and 16 output transistors.
Here some pictures!

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Not sure if you play much vinyl but these NOS SAE AT-1000 HOMC’s were around a couple of years ago. They look very sharp and sound wonderful.

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JimEGR said:
Not sure if you play much vinyl but these NOS SAE AT-1000 HOMC’s
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I have my Technics SL-1200GR but honestly for the last couple of years I've only listened to music via streaming, DVDs and CDs.

The SAE AT-1000 look good!!!
I think that the SL-1200GR was the first and maybe the last turntable.
 
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