In my area there is a Sansui C-2102 & B-2102 pre-power amp combo available. Supposedly the set is 100% working and clean with no scratches or crazy blemishes. Pics look okay, the usual black-faced gear that can make smudges and fingerprints look worse than they really are. Seller is 2nd owner, he bought last year from former military guy.
Anyway, I'm getting by just fine without these, but I can pick them up for a very fair $300 and about 1/2 tank of gas and 3 hours of my time...
The pre amp is cool because it fully supports 3 sets of In/outs for tape decks and the bass/treble filter controls have additional variable controls that allow you to control hz frequency for those adjustments. Sansui called it "parametric equalization."
Here's my dilemma. I had a pair of these back in 88 when I was in the service in Germany, but had to swap/sell them to fund BMW engine repair. I was given an R-9 Yammy (one of the ones with black gate caps) and a fair amount of cash for the Sansui by a good friend who had massive Cerwin Vega speakers that the R-9 couldn't adequately push. The 120wpc Yamaha turned out to be a very good fit for my JBLs, so I went ahead with the deal and fixed my car. That's how I ended up engaged in a two decade love affair with Yamaha amps and receivers, especially the ones with variable loudness control and black gate caps...
Anyway, despite the affinity I developed for Yamaha amps as a result of that transaction, a part of me always regretted letting the Sansui kit go. But, the deal got me out of a bind and back on the road quickly, and still left me with great sound. Plus, the Yamaha had a remote, the Sansui didn't.
This deal is about scratching an itch that, quite frankly, might not really "need" to be scratched... and having just spent a ton of money on a new roof for the house, funds are tight... but I'm still sitting here thinking I need to find a way to make this purchase happen.
Please talk me into this.... or out of it.... whichever side of the fence you fall...
Anyway, I'm getting by just fine without these, but I can pick them up for a very fair $300 and about 1/2 tank of gas and 3 hours of my time...
The pre amp is cool because it fully supports 3 sets of In/outs for tape decks and the bass/treble filter controls have additional variable controls that allow you to control hz frequency for those adjustments. Sansui called it "parametric equalization."
Here's my dilemma. I had a pair of these back in 88 when I was in the service in Germany, but had to swap/sell them to fund BMW engine repair. I was given an R-9 Yammy (one of the ones with black gate caps) and a fair amount of cash for the Sansui by a good friend who had massive Cerwin Vega speakers that the R-9 couldn't adequately push. The 120wpc Yamaha turned out to be a very good fit for my JBLs, so I went ahead with the deal and fixed my car. That's how I ended up engaged in a two decade love affair with Yamaha amps and receivers, especially the ones with variable loudness control and black gate caps...
Anyway, despite the affinity I developed for Yamaha amps as a result of that transaction, a part of me always regretted letting the Sansui kit go. But, the deal got me out of a bind and back on the road quickly, and still left me with great sound. Plus, the Yamaha had a remote, the Sansui didn't.
This deal is about scratching an itch that, quite frankly, might not really "need" to be scratched... and having just spent a ton of money on a new roof for the house, funds are tight... but I'm still sitting here thinking I need to find a way to make this purchase happen.
Please talk me into this.... or out of it.... whichever side of the fence you fall...
