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In Reply to: RE: The Sansui SP 5500X posted by ka7niq on August 21, 2007 at 18:01:54
I don't think there are many fans here of these vintage Sansui speakers but I like them. They do have there problems but the crossovers are will engineered, the drivers are good quality and the cabinets are solid. Samsui was the distributor for JBL in Japan and it appears they copied some of the driver technology. I sold Klipsch in the 80's and I agree the Sansui coloration is less disturbing than the Klipsch edgyness. Sansui speakers can be base shy. These speakers are pelntyful and inexpensive. Enjoy!
Dave
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But a punchy mid bass.
I have a pair of dedicated corner mounted 9.5 cu ft subs.
They use car stereo 15" drivers with long X Max in a sealed box.
The driver I am using is a Cadence Wild Best, a Kevlar 15" driver.
I designed em to go flat only down to 35 HZ with a q of .6
Room and corner gain takes over from there, and they are fast, powerful, and fairly efficient.
I have 1500 watts on each one.
So the punchy mid bass of the Sansui serves me well.
The Sansui's can often make me say "Wow", and shake my head in disbelief.
They image all over the place, even w/o any tubes in the system.
I NEED tubes, BUT, my solid state preamp has remotely controlled sub level, and I am using it's crossover for the subs.
i HAVE a tube pre amp, but after using a pre amp with remotely controlled sub level, there is no going back for me.
I had NO earthly idea just how important proper bass level really is.
And w/o remote control, you must get up and set it for every recording.
Unless you are willing to compromise bass level.
I am not.
Powerful subs like mine need to be set exactly, orthey sound like crap.
The "purist" in me will not allow using a tube amp with a solid state pre amp, lol
Maybe i will haul the Tube Dac out, but I swear it sounds so good now i am just enjoying it.
Not since my BELOVED old EV Interface D's have I had a speaker that can Rock like these can w/o fatigue.
And sound pretty good, and even spectacular at times doing it.
Colored they are, but pretty smooth, with moments of magick.
I wanna damp the horn with caulk, and that dam crossover is a bitch to get to.
These have gotta need caps ?
They were made in 1976 !
I was 21 years old then, LOL
In 76 I was 19! It is not done often but there is nothing to say that you cannnot run a tube amp with a SS preamp. That sub sounds like it takes care of the base problem.
I have had problems with the caps in the smaller Sansui speakers but not the bigger. They are all electrolytic so it is probably safest to change them.
Dave
Yeah, I PLAN to swap em out, problem is HOW to pull these crossovers, LOL
I don't know that partiular model but in my multi-way Sansui Speakrs, that do not have bolt on backs, the crossover is behind the woofer.
Dave
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