Sansui production numbers?

[tobyj17]

Is there a source for Sansui production numbers? like 10,000 G-8000's built...etc. I can't find anything on the internet, and can't seem to find anything here on AK. Ideas?

 

[tobyj17]

Nobody? I figured these numbers weren't accessible.

 

[LBPete]

The best way to estimate the production volume for a particular model is by looking at the serial numbers recorded in the Sansui Database. Sansui used a very consistant code.

First two digits are the production line, the next digit is the year, next two the month and then the last four are a sequential count of units produced on that production line that month.

In some case, the line may be dedicated to a particular model if the production was high enough. In other cases, multiple models were built on the same line in the same month. With a little detective work in the database you can get an idea of numbers produced. I've never seen an actual Sansui document that listed production numbers.

- Pete

 

[tobyj17]

Thanks Pete. I'll take a look at the database.

 

[Stene]

Is there a source for Sansui production numbers? like 10,000 G-8000's built...etc. I can't find anything on the internet, and can't seem to find anything here on AK. Ideas?

The only figures I have are montly production of amps and speakers. I guess you did not think it would be so many
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[LBPete]

What year does that date from Sten?

- Pete

 

[Stene]

What year does that date from Sten?

- Pete

The literature is published April 1972

 

[tobyj17]

Wow..40,000 a month.. I never expected it to be that many.

 

[LBPete]

That's all models for all markets. It probably trippled or more before the decline at the end of the decade.

- Pete

 

[tobyj17]

That's all models for all markets. It probably trippled or more before the decline at the end of the decade.

- Pete

True, and one has to consider all the different models Sansui offered from straight amps to receivers. If you look at it that way, it isn't really a lot for each model.

I guess what I was most interested in were the monster receivers, like G-8000 and up. It would be interesting to know how many were manufactured back then to how many still exist today.