Recent content by JimiJohnB

Mark, thanks for the info, will definitely heed your advice. I think we've located the schematic for the 1000A version with the 4 pot bias adjustment. I'll get back to you with the voltages at the sockets with OP tubes out. The 550V i mentioned was measured at the plate pin of the OP tubes...

I have my grandfather's Sansui 1000A that he brought back to the states from Taiwan in the 60's during his service in the Air Force. Terry DeWick did an awesome job restoring it for me in ~2006, it has served me faithfully and sounded fantastic hooked to a pair of Klipsch Belle's since then...

Yesterday I attempted to hook up a new toshiba 3960 to my 1000A that's fresh back from having Tom DeWick do his magic on her. But I'll be damned if the late 60's RCA jacks on her (Sansui) weren't slightly larger in diameter than the 'modern' RCA jacks on all of my other equipment - kinda...

Thanks for the info guys. I guess I shouldn't have expected blazing fast performance from $49 player, but I was not expecting such a significant difference to exist between this brand new unit and my 6 year old player of the same brand. It does sound good, though!

It seems to take at least 10 seconds to load a CD (regular CD's, not burned ones), and when I hit the forward/reverse buttons to advance a track to the next song, there is a really annoying 2-3 second delay. Do those of you who have this model experience the same things? My ANCIENT toshiba...

I've got both a Shure V15 III and the Shure M97XE Cartridge that I use on a Marantz 6300. To my ears, there is only a very subtle difference between the two, and the M97 offers significant cost savings over the V15 when it comes time to replace the stylus. The 6300 came with the V15, but the...

Whoooaaaa......man...maybe I'm delusional but I really wasn't expecting it to be that high.

I'm about to buy this player (been needing a second cheap CD player for a while and this will fit the bill). Just out of curiosity, does anybody know how much folks are charging to make the mods to the player (including parts)?

Wow Gerrit! Thanks for the info. I'm going to look into this.

Those are really interesting looking. I'm assuming the woofer fires down?

oooh....the green lights on the 2040 are nice. what year is it?

Ahh....I see. Thanks for your opinions. I won't be playing much if any rock on this system, primarily jazz, old blues, and acoustic music with strong vocals. My JBL's are for rock :D :D :D

John, What do you like/dislike about them? I really thought I was speaking the truth about them having the same tweeters (though within the cabinet as you said). Is the pair at your folk's place the light oak or black ash? If light oak, how does it look in your opinion? Thanks!

Hmmm.....

Ever since Terry DeWick brought my grandfather's old Sansui 1000A back to life, I've been mulling over what speakers to pair with it. I've always been fond of B&W's Nautilus tweeters, and I want something reasonably small for a bedroom placement. GAF (girlfriend approval factor) is also a...