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In Reply to: Vintage Sansui 2 channel... Any good? posted by TWB on March 30, 2017 at 20:33:05:

Well -- if you want a receiver, and you like the cosmetics, the 5000A is an OK example.

One nice thing about the 5000A is a good tuner section (better than average).
The big caveat with the 5000A (and the unsuffixed 5000) relates to the driver boards. The originals were time bombs. There was an upgraded board that may (or may not) be retrofitted to any given 5000A; if the boards haven't been changed (or revised), the price of the receiver should reflect it -- AND the mitigation will need to be performed if you're planning to use the receiver (as opposed to have it sit on a shelf).
The 5000X had the updated driver boards, FWIW.
My 5000A sits on a shelf.

all the best,
mrh
Info on 5000/5000A/5000X driver boards (Open in New Window)

Edits: 04/04/17

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Topic - Vintage Sansui 2 channel... Any good? - TWB 20:33:05 03/30/17 (6)

5000A - mhardy6647 04:40:25 04/04/17 (0)

This not these - Awe-d-o-file 17:06:00 04/01/17 (2)

RE: This not these - Crazy Dave 09:47:49 04/02/17 (1)

RE: This not these - Awe-d-o-file 13:29:11 04/02/17 (0)

RE: Vintage Sansui 2 channel... Any good? - elflow 05:01:03 04/01/17 (0)

RE: Vintage Sansui 2 channel... Any good? - airtime 07:53:42 03/31/17 (0)

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