To my surprise someone donated a Sansui AU-517 to me for free, thanks again for that! Here we have a stereo amplifier that weighs in at 40lbs! This behemoth is highly regarded in the vintage audiophile communities, with many of these bringing $100-$200 broken! I am looking forward to giving this baby a run with my ES9038Pro DAC (see other posts). Here are few shots for now! One other funny note of interest is that this amp was found laying waiting to go into a trash compactor when my friend found it! Thanks to having the complete service manual for this and the AU-717, I should have this singing in no time. Although this will not be a primary concern right now as I have to focus on the ES9038 DAC along with the Burson Audio and Orange Amplification reviews. I am only waiting for two transformers and that build will be ready for the enclosure!
- 65W per channel into 8 ohms
- Rated Power Consumption: 345 watts 420 VA
- Max Power Consumption: 660W Max
- Intermodulation Distortion: (70Hz : 7kHz = 4:1 SMPTE method) less than 0.025%
- Frequency Response: (at 1W) 0 to 200,000 Hz +0dB -3dB
- Damping Factor: approximately 60 at 8 ohm load
- Channel Separation: Phono: better than 60dB Aux: better than 65dB
- Frequency response: 20Hz to 20kHz
- Total harmonic distortion: 0.025%
- Damping factor: 60
- Input sensitivity: 2.5mV (MM), 150mV (line)
- Signal to noise ratio: 78dB (MM), 100dB (line)
- Channel separation: 60dB (MM), 65dB (line)
- Output: 150mV (line), 1V (Pre out)
- Speaker load impedance: 8Ω (minimum)
- Dimensions: 430 x 168 x 389mm
- Weight: 16.5kg
- Year: 1978
Here is to you 1978, looking good still
[…] high difficulty that I have been working on for a long time, restoring/repairing my Sansui AU-517. When the AU-517 was originally donated (Dec 2017) it did work, partially. However, when you turned the volume up to beyond 60-70%, the […]