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Transport is back together:

I demoed the Sansui G-33000 back in 2017 when Alex @A.N.T. visited Canada from the U.K.. The one pictured was for sale for $14,500 CAD...

You are right. Pictured above was the SX-5580. Nando

Actually, SX-5580 is the 1050 in a Tuxedo, the 5570 is the 950

On erasers, the blue end was used for erasing ink and the pink side for erasing pencil. Nando.

Here is a Pioneer SX-5570 (SX-1050) I demoed at Innovative Audio back in 2012. Nando.

Rare AND expensive. Right up your alley, Nando!

Yup- I had spied a few of the Pioneer SX-55XX receivers - black-faced European variants of the SX-series of 950, 1050 and 1250 and just...

One very capable and good-looking receiver. I didn't know there was a European (black) version of the 9090DB. Nando.

A guy who heard that I worked on gear gave me a ring and asked if I would be interested in buying a used Sansui receiver and speakers he...

Same here Tony, he looks like another famous Italiano and I can't remember it right now. Agreed...a wonderful photo and a stunning time...

Your Dad looks like a Made Guy, Nando. Great photo!

@gbclabmilano: Sorry, but my cousin's last name is Sacco not Sacca. Nando.

I want to see this deck work for you, as it's certainly a survivor. Try acetone first then play an unused true chrome BASF cassette...

The corrosion on parts of the tape transport is worrisome. I hope you can successfully clean it up. Did you play it through a system to...