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Sansui SR-838 custom feet

Sansuiman said:
^ there has long been a presumption that Micro Seki was involved in the development and assembly of some of the high end Sansui turntables. The SR-838, 929, XR-Q5 and 7 at least, all have design elements - and even parts - taken directly from Micro models of the time.

With high-end turntables beign a rather specialized area of hi-fi, Sansui chose to consult/contract with an outside firm possessing the expertise needed to build the top models in the line.. The notable similarities are less obvious in the lower range models, and perhaps those were done with the assistsnce of a different contract manufacturer. I believe the same sort of arrangement was made for the Sansui reel to reel units and their more advanced cassette decks as well.

Clealry, Sansui's primary in-house design expertise was in amplifiers and tuners. They also demonstrated serious engineering skill with their development of quad, though that effort was largely unrewarding for the company.
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Yes, the boards are marked Sansui as with any of their gear, however development of the design was very likely assisted by Micro-Seki. Most of the major Japanese hi-fi manufacturers made arrangements at one time or another to contract with outside companies to assist in the design of specialized components like turntables and open reel decks. Some even had certain components - audio program timers for example - manufactured under contract.

Very seldom was there any actual indication of the identity of the outside vendor that consulted on the deign, or made a unit under contract for another company. There was a large network of contract manufacturing companies in Japan as well, there is a very interesting accounting of this at the Vintage Knob:

http://www.thevintageknob.org/tvk_talk/viewtopic.php?f=0&t=2395&p=5574&hilit=T+tag#p5574

It's a long thread, but gives some iinsight on how this all worked.
 
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Sansuiman said:
Yes, the boards are marked Sansui as with any of their gear, however development of the design was very likely assisted by Micro-Seki. Most of the major Japanese hi-fi manufacturers made arrangements at one time or another to contract with outside companies to assist in the design of specialized components like turntables and open reel decks. Some even had certain compinents - audio program timers for example -manufactured under contract.

Very seldom was there any actual indication of the identity of the outside vendor that consulted on the deign, or made a unit under contract for another company. There was a large network of contract manufacturing companies in Japan as well, there is a very interesting accounting of this at the Vintage Knob:

http://www.thevintageknob.org/tvk_talk/viewtopic.php?f=0&t=2395&p=5574&hilit=T+tag#p5574

It's a long thread, but gives some iinsight on how this all worked.
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Great resource...thank you for taking the time to post...:beerchug:
 
Sansuiman said:
Yes, the boards are marked Sansui as with any of their gear, however development of the design was very likely assisted by Micro-Seki. Most of the major Japanese hi-fi manufacturers made arrangements at one time or another to contract with outside companies to assist in the design of specialized components like turntables and open reel decks. Some even had certain compinents - audio program timers for example -manufactured under contract.

Very seldom was there any actual indication of the identity of the outside vendor that consulted on the deign, or made a unit under contract for another company. There was a large network of contract manufacturing companies in Japan as well, there is a very interesting accounting of this at the Vintage Knob:

http://www.thevintageknob.org/tvk_talk/viewtopic.php?f=0&t=2395&p=5574&hilit=T+tag#p5574

It's a long thread, but gives some iinsight on how this all worked.
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Thank you very much for your post with the link :)
 
Aha! Awesome. Thank you. I like the silver better I think. Symmetrical with bright work of the table and doesn’t show too much silver. I still wish they were adjustable like some of their higher end feet.
 
Reviving an old thread. I was considering picking up a Sansui SR-838 that's for sale, however, missing all four feet. I went to the Mnpctech website to check out the price for replacements and was shocked to see the price has gone from $80 five years ago to $140 today. That's a massive increase in price. Unfortunately it's made me rethink buying the Sansui table as replacing just the feet has made the overall cost of the table a little too much which is unfortunate.
 
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