left a gaping hole needing to be filled.
The broken dynaco st-70 was sent away,
This is the first time I've received shipped stereo equipment.
There's a rule about double boxing,
Typically the second box has a couple inch cushion all around...
...which means top and bottom too.
Fingers were crossed,
Tada.
After a knob swap on the amp,
Cool tray style connections over heat sinks out back.
Even cooler plastic RCA plug covers.
After a couple hours no overheating or screeching,
and a week later another discovery appeared.
No really!
but these guys didn't quite get it.
Just as important,
as that is where the throwing around impact is,
besides the fact this was on the porch upside down!
there was a healthy amount of bubblewrap.
1974 sansui au-7700 integrated amplifier
and tu-7700 tuner.
Seemed to be in good shape!
The understated black was really a sign of things to come.
now appearing a bit more correct.
The tuner was missing the big knob already.
These knobs are solid aluminum.
This was a really clean set.
The 80 watt sansui qrx-8001 was so heavy,
it had busted the cheesy shelf.
The bright green now replaced by a single red dot.
But would it sound as good?
Thankfully the sound was clean,
no hum,
and at 50+ watts per channel,
this little amp cranked those big la scala speakers.
The tuner picked up FM without an antenna!
and 2 notches on the volume was already too loud!
Definitely more my style,
especially at half the cost of a broken tube amp!
TP
Used to have that amp! Gave it to a friend and it lives in his wood shop now. Cool that you found both units together.
ReplyDeleteAmazing that a 40 year old amp can sound so sweet!
DeleteThis one was such a deal with the tuner.
It's replaced supposedly better equipment!
TP