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Sansui Serial Number Database Update

@samsag, thank you for the follow up information. It's interesting to see the 8080 ID plate indicating 220V but the unit also has a voltage selector plug. I wonder if the transformer is a single tap 220V model and the voltage selector is just a carry over from the general export models and has no real function.

Your SIX is a general export model and yes, it's now 50 years old.

- Pete
 
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@samsag, thank you for the follow up information. It's interesting to see the 8080 ID plate indicating 220V but the unit also has a voltage selector plug. I wonder if the transformer is a single tap 220V model and the voltage selector is just a carry over from the general export models and has no real function.

- Pete
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@LBPete , here's some info on the transformer in my 8080: It has "4002354 Sansui 62-7" printed on its side. It is cabled with the voltage selector plug, and when changing the voltage selection, the resistance of the primary side changes with it, between 2.2Ohms at 100V and 4.9Ohms ar 240V.

For whatever reason, my 8080 has a wrong ID plate.
 
Weird, It does sound like it's a general export model. It's an example of how difficult it is to understand Sansui's production logic almost 50 years later. Thanks for looking into it.

@ganteusz, @KeithD, thanks, your serial numbers will be in the May update.

- Pete
 
Thanks Pete!
What a great forum. Fixed the D607 by reading here. It's partially recapped by me and it sounds amazing!
I loved it so much and I was afraid I'll lose it, so got the other Sansui, the 9900, as a backup.
 
Hi Pete. I was studying the database this morning and noticed the AU-a607 L Extra are catalogued as 1999 +/- production but I believe the AU-a607 L Extra are 1989 +/- production. I have not looked up or down the power heirarchy from the 607 - the rest may be off a decade too.

SANSUI AU - α 607L Extra Specifications Sansui

audio-database.com

Thanks again. Phenomenal resource. Such a fine example of crowd sourcing for the greater good.

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Thanks for bringing this to my attention. It's a classic Decade Error. It's fixed now and will be correct in the June report.

- Pete
 
661,024010743,vinnie747 Just wanted to add that i just picked this little beauty up at a very fair price and it came with a laminated quick start guide to the front and rear panels.Plus the operating instructions manual,the schematics,the warranty card and Sansui's lists of authorized service stations in U.S.A.,Canada & the rest of the world.Very cool i think.
 
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@vinnie747 nice score, always nice to have the original documentation. @KiltedCowboy yes, your 9090 was the 83 unit off line 82 in June of '77. That month production line 82 was mostly producing 8080DBs, 89DBs and a few 9090s. In the future please use this format when reporting serial numbers: 9090,827060083,KiltedCowboy. Thanks!

- Pete
 
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