On Friday, 19 April 2019 17:35:19 UTC+1, wrote:
On Friday, April 19, 2019 at 12:08:22 PM UTC-4, tabby wrote:

That's odd. As I recall Sansui valve amps had excellent sound quality, not great build quality but good enough, and certainly not lots of knobs or buttons. Unfortunately when they transistorised around '70 their quality dropped through the floor.

And, perhaps, the worst output transformers on the planet at the time, competing with, but not quite as bad as Kenwood. That was their downfall on the tube side. The solid-state side, as previously described.

Their OPTs were known for lots of, but flabby bass, and not much, but sibilant treble.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

The one I had gave the Quad II a very good run for its money. Perhaps your comments apply to some earlier model. Their downfall was the excessive voltage used on the valves, 500v on 7189A IIRC. That & the unavailability of 7189A is why they aren't a recommended buy now.


NT