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Sansui Serial Number Database Update

881,825041542,ToxicTele
4000,021020536, ToxicTele - gifted to the grand daughter as wedding gift

Also have AU777 and G-9700 missing serial plates.
 
Thanks guys.

@Mike244, we have three other APS-310s on file and they all have 8 digit serial numbers but yours is the only one begging with a 9. The others are either a 1 or a 2. Looking at the picture you posted, I agree it's a 9.

@ToxicTele, Nice that you are passing on the vintage tradition to your grand daughter. If the labels are gone from your AU-777 and G-9700, there is nothing for me to record.

- Pete
 
Finally finished my homework. Just sent you my serial numbers. Thanks so much for maintaining this monumental project!
 
@LBPete

I picked up a 5000A as well as a RA-500 a couple weeks back. Unfortunately the serial number of the receiver was removed but the reverb still has the sticker

RA-500: s/n 210091230
 
@Sooopa, Thanks. In the future please use this format: RA-500,210091230,Sooopa. Each serial number has to be in this format to allow an automated upload. The commas are important and please nothing extra and no spaces.

- Pete
 
Thanks for the kind words but to set the record straight, it was created by a former moderator of the Sansui Forum, @Morden2004. I'm just the current Steward. In December 2023 it will be 20 years old.

- Pete
 
AU-777A,510030462,Monicker1

The S/N of our first amp bought new in Oct 1970. It died many years ago. We had been told it was not repairable because a replacement volume/balance knob pot was nowhere to be found. I gave it up to let someone tinker with it about 5 years ago. It is not now a working amp and (probably) never will be, but it was in our possession its entire working life. I just found pictures of it I had photographed extensively where the s/n was clearly visible. I'm not sure why we'd add it to the database but there you go. You decide.

Thanks
Ian
 
@Monicker1, the purpose of the database is to provide information on Sansui Production. The more serial numbers we have, the more accurate that data is. It doesn't mater at all if the unit works or not whether or not it still exists. Any actual serial number is useful in the database. I've taken them from pictures of the boxes the units came in. The boxes almost always had the same serial number tag the unit did.

Your AU-777a was built on assembly line 51 in March of 1970. It was the 462 unit off like 51 that month. We have 32 examples of the AU-777a on file. The earliest was built in September 1969 on line 11. The production shifted to line 51 in January '70 and shifted to line 83 in June '70. The last production on file was August 1970. What we know about AU-777a production is limited by only having 32 serial numbers on file. There were certainly more than 32 produced and some of them may have been produced before September '69 or after August '70.

In March of 1970 line 51 also produced some AU-222. It's not uncommon for multiple models to be produced in the same month on the same production line. This makes it very tricky to estimate production volume.

Thank you for posting your serial number. Does this give you a better idea of why every serial number is useful?

- Pete
 
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Looks like the gang has you working OT Pete , on posting new serial # . Thanks Pete for your dedication! Much appreciated bud .
 
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