New Finds

[Mr Peabody]

You can represent the line very well.

Can you cook Chinese food? Dak's Sansui & Chop Suey

[dakatabg]

Ha ha,

I sell a lot of stuff on craigslist and I have a small resale shop so all the goodies I post here I get from there!

What is good I keep and what is junky I sell.

The stuff I keep is listed on my profile

I get a lot more electronics but some are not even worth taking a picture and what I decide is good I share with the crew here!

[02audionoob]

What are you doing with all this gear? Are you setting up systems all over the house?

[Feanor]

Another Sansui score:

Sansui A-550 Amplifier

Sansui T-550 Radio Tuner

Sansui D-55M Cassette Deck

Sansui P-L40 Turntable ( not pictured)

Lately I am getting only Sansui stuff. They are in mint condition as always and I have the manuals. I feel like I should make a new thread named "dakatabg's goodies"

They certainly look to be in mint condition. However I just can't surpress the urge to say that that the early-mid 80's was an era of pretty atrocious styling, (not to say that Sansui was especially bad -- on the contrary).

But I hate those pseudo block diagrams that pretend to show the processing modules of the unit -- completely gratuitious. Also that was also when black almost totally replaced silver. And on many models were those atrocious slider controls; (not these Sansuis fortunately). What I'm trying to say is, for vintage, give me (1) silver, (2) rotary knobs and/or (3) flip switches, and (4) analog meters -- if indeed any meters.

[dakatabg]

What are you doing with all this gear? Are you setting up systems all over the house?

I don't keep all of them. As I mentioned above I sell them but some of the good stuff I keep. This one will go for sale for sure.

I have a resale shop so I get a lot of electronics (mostly junk) but when I get something old and kind of classic I take it home and sell it.

I sell on craigslist as well! I buy on craigslist and sell in the store! it is a big story but I think it is good to post stuff like that so everyone can see it plus it keeps the forum on. I like when I see members posting pictures of nice stuff!

[Mr Peabody]

Got egg roll with that 550? If you could make enough to pay the rent a resale shop is a great idea and all the vintage gear, movies and LP's would just be a fringe benefit.

I wonder when the original Sansui went out of business. I'm almost sure it was before the 80's ended, so some of the later Sansui may not really be Sansui. Well unfortunately almost right; this is interesting

http://www.classicsansui.net/sansui-history.htm

http://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_herst...ompany_id=3877

This later link gives a pretty good run down of what amps were good and what maybe to sell off.

[thekid]

Daks

The gear looks nice and I don't want to rain on your parade but that gear is Sansui of a different era than the other pieces you have posted here. Not saying it is bad as I have never heard it, just that it does rate as well as your other true Sansui gear and is not as desirable among collectors.

[dakatabg]

Guys I know it is nothing special but I just wanted to post it here so everyone can see it.

I know it is not collectable and there are many like this on ebay selling the whole set for 100 bucks.

It is Sansui so I just decided to post it. I think everyone enjoys seeing something new.

[E-Stat]

I have a resale shop so I get a lot of electronics (mostly junk) but when I get something old and kind of classic I take it home and sell it.

Do you ever come across vintage Audio Research, Conrad-Johnson, Dayton-Wright, Krell, Mark Levinson, Stax, or Threshold gear?

rw

[dakatabg]

Few times I had Audio Research bookshelf speakers but the other brands you mentioned, random people don't buy them and when it is time to sell them, they ask the real price. I think you know what I mean.

Mostly I get the sony, pioneer, yamaha, onkyo, denon and the other common brands electronics. I get what the people bring me in the store. The good stuff I post here I hunt on craigslist!

[Mr Peabody]

Do you ever come across vintage Audio Research, Conrad-Johnson, Dayton-Wright, Krell, Mark Levinson, Stax, or Threshold gear?

rw

Now, that, would be sweet! Come on, let's just drop grandpa's old tube gear off at the Goodwill.

[thekid]

Guys I know it is nothing special but I just wanted to post it here so everyone can see it.

I know it is not collectable and there are many like this on ebay selling the whole set for 100 bucks.

It is Sansui so I just decided to post it. I think everyone enjoys seeing something new.

That's cool-just was not sure if you knew where it fit in relative to your other Sansui gear.
Nice to have the gear come to you-you never know what is just around the next corner...maybe someone will bring in Grandpa's tube amp......

[E-Stat]

Few times I had Audio Research bookshelf speakers...

Not the same company. They only produced electronics and marketed Magneplanars for a while in the 70s.

rw

[poppachubby]

Hey guys, check out what I found for 2 bucks at the thrift today!! Man I'm excited. Of course, it's fully functional and cleaned up almost mint.

I love my PS2 as a transport and DVD player. You can shake and smack it as it plays and it won't skip a beat, OR make a peep.

[dakatabg]

You can't beat the price for $2. Great deal!

[thekid]

I know not many here are familiar with or are a fan of early DCM speakers but I am and was fortunate to find this pair of Time Windows in great shape with the original grill foam still attached. They are not replacing the Klipsch but they will be just next door in my other system.....

[luvtolisten]

Nice! I have never heard a pair of DCM Time Windows but have heard good things by people online that own them. The ones that do own them, love them, like a cult following. I have have been intrigued by them myself. Right now there is a pair on CL here, TF-400 for $175. Not sure if that's a deal or not.

[thekid]

Nice! I have never heard a pair of DCM Time Windows but have heard good things by people online that own them. The ones that do own them, love them, like a cult following. I have have been intrigued by them myself. Right now there is a pair on CL here, TF-400 for $175. Not sure if that's a deal or not.

$175 for TF-400's would be a bit on the high side. If the grill socks are in good shape and all the drivers work $75 might be more in the right range. TF-400's are usually the starting point for the TF series any model higher than is something you want to try. Prices for these TF's would be closer to the $175 be asked there in CL depending on the model #.

[luvtolisten]

Thanks Kid for the info, I thought you would know if anyone would. Yeah, they've been on CL for 3 weeks which kind of tells me it's not so great a deal. Not many of the vintage ones around, seems like the better ones, people are hanging on to them. Makes your purchase all the sweeter!

[dakatabg]

I had before DCM KX12 Series II speakers but I sold them! I guess they are a lot newer than the ones you guys have and talk about.

They look nice thekid. I wasn't impressed with the ones I had but maybe the ones you have are a lot better. You know the older the better

[thekid]

Yeah Daks the KX series and the DCM of today are not in the same league or even by the same manufacturer as these. To really appreciate DCM speakers you need to listen to the Time Frame series models 400 and higher (most people favor the 600's,700's or TF-1000's) or the Time Windows series models 1,3 or 7. They are not head banging speakers but they play every other genre very well. A bit of a sleeper brand which allows for the occasional steal to be made like on the ones I got yesterday. I have over 40 pairs of speakers currently and 7 of them are early DCM so that should tell you something.

[luvtolisten]

I'm loving this thread. You guys (Kid & Dak) are my mentors. I jumped on the vintage speaker wagon about a year ago. So far I have about 30 pairs (mostly bookshelf). Glad to see I'm not the only speaker junkie.

[thekid]

I thought I'd show that I don't only look for deals on audio gear.....

[poppachubby]

Nice piece kid, you're a real renniasance man

[thekid]

Nice piece kid, you're a real renniasance man

Don't know about that but for the usual $20 I thought it was a good deal.