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Sansui CD-X617

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erik7494

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Anybody know anything about this player? I bought one on the internet for $50 since I thought it would be nice to have a Sansui CD-player to go with my other Sansui stuff. It looked well-maintained and clean so I though why not.

I know Sansui wasn't what it used to be when CD-players came on the market,
but I haven't really be able to find any info about this player. It is not the Alpha x617, just the normal version.

Anyone ever used this CD player?
 
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erik7494 said:
Anybody know anything about this player? I bought one on the internet for $50 since I thought it would be nice to have a Sansui CD-player to go with my other Sansui stuff. It looked well-maintained and clean so I though why not.

I know Sansui wasn't what it used to be when CD-players came on the market,
but I haven't really be able to find any info about this player. It is not the Alpha x617, just the normal version.

Anyone ever used this CD player?
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As far as I know, Sansui didn't make any of their CD players, they are re-badged, at least the ones I have seen. The ones I worked on were made by Aiwa. If you take some pictures of the inside, with the drawer open so I can see the mechanism, I may be able to tell you who made it.
 
I got my CD-player today. Haven't opened it yet, but from the MASH logo I guess it is obviously built by Technics. I guess it is similar in quality as the mid-range Technics players from the early 90's.

The sound is fine, clean and detailed. It's in fact better than the Harman Kardon I had previously, so I am perfectly satisfied with the quality. And of course it's nice to finally have a complete Sansui set now.
 

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If i"m not mistaken , the transport was made by sony. The mash was the da converter made by technics, offcourse , i don"t remember it being made by aiwa though.
 
erik7494 said:
I got my CD-player today. Haven't opened it yet, but from the MASH logo I guess it is obviously built by Technics. I guess it is similar in quality as the mid-range Technics players from the early 90's.

The sound is fine, clean and detailed. It's in fact better than the Harman Kardon I had previously, so I am perfectly satisfied with the quality. And of course it's nice to finally have a complete Sansui set now.
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That's very nice looking. If you can post some internal pictures of it with the CD drawer open so we can see the laser pickup, I can tell you who made the mechanism.
 
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