ShadyNasty
New Member
Hi all and thank you in advance.
I have a beautiful Sansui G-5700 that I had professional restored 8 or so years back. The past 2-3 years it wasn’t getting much use. It was being safely stored at a family members house after I moved abroad temporarily. Recently, I moved back locally and have happily retrieved the unit and am putting it back to full use. However, I notice a weird behavior that I don’t ever remember happening before.
Occasionally the audio will sort of stutter/fade out then drop out to a barely audio level. This happens not every time I turn it on but quite often. Sometimes it happens after 5 minutes, sometime right away, and once in awhile doesn’t happen at all.
What I’ve noticed is when I turn the two ‘Tape Monitor’ buttons on and then off again, the volume usually restores and stays correct for the remainder of that “session” (1-2 hours of listening, sometimes more). Pressing these buttons in and then out again typically restores the audio to its normal volume and clarity after it has dropped.
Although I am a huge lover of this old equipment, I am admittedly a technical noob. However, I can confirm that this behavior is repeatable with multiple inputs and multiple devices. So it would certainly appear that it is some sort of signal issue with the Sansui. For example, this volume drop issue has happened with both my turntable and with my phone (via 9mm aux to composite cable). Also have tested 2 different inputs on the back of the Sansui (Phono and Aux).
I would greatly appreciate an explanation of what may be happening here. Although my listening is mostly uninterrupted with this work around, I would love to solve whatever is happening the right way.
I’ve attached 2 pics - Shouldn’t be relevant but am only using one speaker at the moment.
Thank you again for any insight and for letting me lurk and learn from this forum for many years.
PS - I know my turntable shouldn’t be sitting directly on the Sansui. It is only like this while I’ve been troubleshooting - tiny apartment! Going to make a proper shelf once I resolve this and don’t have to keep getting behind it.
I have a beautiful Sansui G-5700 that I had professional restored 8 or so years back. The past 2-3 years it wasn’t getting much use. It was being safely stored at a family members house after I moved abroad temporarily. Recently, I moved back locally and have happily retrieved the unit and am putting it back to full use. However, I notice a weird behavior that I don’t ever remember happening before.
Occasionally the audio will sort of stutter/fade out then drop out to a barely audio level. This happens not every time I turn it on but quite often. Sometimes it happens after 5 minutes, sometime right away, and once in awhile doesn’t happen at all.
What I’ve noticed is when I turn the two ‘Tape Monitor’ buttons on and then off again, the volume usually restores and stays correct for the remainder of that “session” (1-2 hours of listening, sometimes more). Pressing these buttons in and then out again typically restores the audio to its normal volume and clarity after it has dropped.
Although I am a huge lover of this old equipment, I am admittedly a technical noob. However, I can confirm that this behavior is repeatable with multiple inputs and multiple devices. So it would certainly appear that it is some sort of signal issue with the Sansui. For example, this volume drop issue has happened with both my turntable and with my phone (via 9mm aux to composite cable). Also have tested 2 different inputs on the back of the Sansui (Phono and Aux).
I would greatly appreciate an explanation of what may be happening here. Although my listening is mostly uninterrupted with this work around, I would love to solve whatever is happening the right way.
I’ve attached 2 pics - Shouldn’t be relevant but am only using one speaker at the moment.
Thank you again for any insight and for letting me lurk and learn from this forum for many years.
PS - I know my turntable shouldn’t be sitting directly on the Sansui. It is only like this while I’ve been troubleshooting - tiny apartment! Going to make a proper shelf once I resolve this and don’t have to keep getting behind it.
