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Sansui G-7700

CarnahanBB

CarnahanBB

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Hello All!

I just picked up a Sansui G-7700...I've literally gone off the deep end into a sea of vintage audio...fortunately my wife is extremely tolerant! Anyway, more to the point...I see that the Sansui is rated at 120WPC driven at 8 Ohms with no ratings given driven at 4 Ohms any thoughts or concerns about driving 4 Ohm speakers?
 
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Nice receiver! Be careful not to damage or over stress the 40 pin DIP on the Digital Display board - they are almost not to be found. Read some other threads here about the G-X700 series and that can fill you in on this chip.

Service manual only lists 8 ohms, so I'd suggest that you check out the owner's manual or get further clarification from someone here before you hook it up to anything other than an 8 ohm load.

Enjoy - - -
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Thanks! I love it...could you elaborate about the Digital Display board? How can I avoid placing undue stress on it?
 
I have a G-7700. I love the sound and the look. I tried running my Advent stack which would dip below 4 ohms, and it got pretty hot pretty quick. So I stopped.
 
Another suggestion would be to look at the back of the receiver where the speaker connections are. Sometimes it is printed what load is acceptable.
 
CarnahanBB said:
Thanks! I love it...could you elaborate about the Digital Display board? How can I avoid placing undue stress on it?
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Search for any thread discussing a G-4700, G-5700, or G-7700. I'm not sure about the G-8700.

I bought my G-4700 as a "needs repair" unit and am trying to clear my workbench to start working on it. Had to clean out a corner and am building more shelves to organize all the stuff I have allowed to pile up.
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There's a sticky here somewhere about why 4 ohm loads stress your amplifier... I would think if you had only two four ohm speakers running at a time you would be OK. The problems start when you hook up four speakers with a four ohm rating.
 
My G-7700 pushes Bose 901 V's withe ease. Stadium quality music. It gets hot. No problem.
 
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