Soft Market

[rickb119]

This tells me how soft the market is. Originally posted 24 days ago, although the price may have been higher then. No affiliation.
https://boulder.craigslist.org/ele/d/firestone-very-nice-1970-sansui-am-fm/6951894940.html

 

[DaveVoorhis]

This tells me how soft the market is. Originally posted 24 days ago, although the price may have been higher then. No affiliation.
https://boulder.craigslist.org/ele/d/firestone-very-nice-1970-sansui-am-fm/6951894940.html

A lot of what drives desirability of vintage items is their desirability when you were a kid and they were new. I think we're reaching a point where gear made in the early 1970's and earlier -- particularly with a design aesthetic from the 1960's or early 1970's, like this Sansui -- is too old to trigger the youthful nostalgia that drives prices up. Good tube gear remains popular -- because tubes -- but for many, early transistor gear is starting to look more old than desirable.

 

[Cactus Bob]

Not buying into the sellers ad . . could be a scammer harvesting emails or it could be sold and the ad is still up. The 5000a is a highly desirable unit.

 

[slowpat]

If legit, $80 is a great deal, and then update the boards to bring it up to the 5000x and should be a great set up...

 

[rickb119]

Not buying into the sellers ad . . could be a scammer harvesting emails or it could be sold and the ad is still up. The 5000a is a highly desirable unit.

After writing out all of my reasons for believing him to not be a scammer, I just got off the phone and will be picking it up tomorrow. Like I need another amp.

 

[Cactus Bob]

After writing out all of my reasons for believing him to not be a scammer, I just got off the phone and will be picking it up tomorrow. Like I need another amp.

You need it.

Bring a AR15 in case lol . . .

Good Luck!

 

[ETLS]

Being in Boulder Colorado, I'd check the serial # with detective Fiegel. It may have been sent there for a restore and sold to an unsuspecting individual before scumbag Schumacher got busted. Or it may not.

 

[Dazaa]

Definitely not the most attractive item Sansui ever made.

 

[Mark B]

Soft Market? No.

It's evidence that one receiver in rough shape languished on Craigslist for several weeks.

 

[rickb119]

Definitely not the most attractive item Sansui ever made.

I'm not the most attractive thing God ever made either, but I still like me.

 

[noogies]

A lot of what drives desirability of vintage items is their desirability when you were a kid and they were new. I think we're reaching a point where gear made in the early 1970's and earlier -- particularly with a design aesthetic from the 1960's or early 1970's, like this Sansui -- is too old to trigger the youthful nostalgia that drives prices up.

Same phenomenon is taking place in collector car markets. '65 Tri-Power GTOs are being passed over for late '70s Trans-Ams with the disco chicken on the hood and other tape-stripe specials of the era.

It's just the changing of the guard.

 

[rickb119]

in rough shape

Granted the picture is not the best, but I see no evidence of it being "in rough shape". I'll find out tomorrow and let you know.

 

[markshan]

Soft Market? No.

It's evidence that one receiver in rough shape languished on Craigslist for several weeks.

What makes you say it is in rough shape? A couple flakes in the veneer? $80 is still a give away price for that piece.

 

[quiet]

Haven't seen a deal like that here in years. Maybe $150, but not $80.

 

[rickb119]

If legit, $80 is a great deal, and then update the boards to bring it up to the 5000x and should be a great set up...

Thanks for the suggestion, but I really don't have the time to do anything other than hook it up, plug it in and listen. Got about a years worth of remodeling to do before I can sell and hopefully retire. Maybe.

I already have an AU-919 for my office system. The 5000 will be for the garage system. I also have a SX-1010 that probably only needs the power supply rebuilt and a good deoxit. But it just sits there, for now.

 

[SaturationPt]

Took about two months to sell our original owner 5000 in near perfect condition, with case, all documents including manuals, brochures etc., with the updated (5031?) boards installed by a Sansui dealer and documented, ... for $80.

The problem isn't as much that they're not attractive or not a nice sounding unit, but that they made a ton of 5000, 5000A, & 5000x receivers so there's not as much demand as supply. It's also about as expensive to buy the parts for a restoration as it is worth when you're finished, ... so you better like it a lot.

 

[SaturationPt]

Thanks for the suggestion, but I really don't have the time to do anything other than hook it up, plug it in and listen. Got about a years worth of remodeling to do before I can sell and hopefully retire. Maybe.

I already have an AU-919 for my office system. The 5000 will be for the garage system. I also have a SX-1010 that probably only needs the power supply rebuilt and a good deoxit. But it just sits there, for now.

If that is true, the 5000A might not be the unit for you. There is a well known problem with the first generation driver boards that can and from what I read sometimes does cause a fire.

 

[usedto]

I just got off the phone and will be picking it up tomorrow.

Famous last words.......................

 

[62caddy]

When vintage tube units in mint condition start languishing unsold for a few hundred, then I'll start to worry.

 

[MRL_Audio]

When vintage tube units in mint condition start languishing unsold for a few hundred, then I'll start to worry.

Worry... no. I will be a buyer at that point and load up for the third wave of popularity.