SC-5330 Does it hold it´s own?

[Laserdude]

For a top Cassetteplayer from Sansui, is it as good as other brands top models?

 

[KentTeffeteller]

This is a decent deck but not up to the best from ReVox, B&O, Tandberg, ReVox, or Nakamichis. Nothing wrong with one when working but it's none of the above decks.

 

[bluesky]

Tape decks: I learned my lesson the hard way (the expensive way)...too many moving parts. End of my story, never again.

And I'd love to have a Sansui tape deck. Got a ton of 'collectors' hard, to impossible, to find music on cassettes. Well, not a ton, only about 45 cassettes or so.

On a brighter note...the clear plastic dust covers make for a nice tray in your top dresser drawyer. Can't beat it, it's Sansui!

 

[naderpe]

get a good one

 

[onepixel]

I have the SC-3330. May not be in the same class as the Nakamichis, but it works and sounds wonderful.

 

[Tony75]

I guess most people would write this deck off as it does not have a dual capstan drive or 3 heads. But, it is still an excellent deck and I really like the sound of mine. Beautiful solid machine, looks great with rack ears too.
Tony

 

[superdog]

I have a sc 5300 since new and it developed problems with head alignment soon after I bought it.

 

[Robert.garb]

I have a sc 5300 since new and it developed problems with head alignment soon after I bought it.

Hello. This is interesting. Did Sansui ever fix it?

 

[bluesky]

Read a long time ago that, IF that's the model with the 'push buttons controllers on the front' - that there was an issue with them.

 

[Sansuiman]

I have a SC-5300, it works well and sounds good. But it is most assuredly not in the same class of performance as the highly regarded Naks and such. A solid effort, especially from Sansui, who did not specialize in tape technology (as was also true of their few open reel decks), but I'd put it in more of a very slightly upper midrange level product, out of the totality of cassette decks produced in that era.

 

[superdog]

Hello. This is interesting. Did Sansui ever fix it?

I never took it in.This was in 1981 if I remember. I dont even know what I did with it.

 

[Sansuiman]

Surprisingly, mine has maintained proper alignment and azimuth, despite me never touching those in over 20 years now. Admittedly, it has seen very infrequent use. I did belts and such maybe 10 years ago.