Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hold the phone! Wow, the Sansui xx1 series is shockingly incredible. Here’s my 881, 60WPC from 1974, all original except dial bulbs.
I will let the experts correct and debate me, but this entire line of Sansui receivers were budget and entry level. What’s amazing is the cult following these have and the incredible sound quality they produce. Extremely good bass and treble variability tone circuit, so much that you actually do not need an external equalizer.
Extremely small form factor and built well — there’s a lot of steel in here, and it gets the job done in an minimalistic and exceptional way.
I also have experience with the 771 which is approximately 40 watts per channel and equally as great.
Total sleepers in my opinion. There may be a few people out there that disagree - if so, come forward with your rationale.
Finally, these all seem to work well as-is. There are exceptions and battered high hour units, but the cared for specimens just want to please the human ear.
Hold the phone! Wow, the Sansui xx1 series is shockingly incredible. Here’s my 881, 60WPC from 1974, all original except dial bulbs.
I will let the experts correct and debate me, but this entire line of Sansui receivers were budget and entry level. What’s amazing is the cult following these have and the incredible sound quality they produce. Extremely good bass and treble variability tone circuit, so much that you actually do not need an external equalizer.
Extremely small form factor and built well — there’s a lot of steel in here, and it gets the job done in an minimalistic and exceptional way.
I also have experience with the 771 which is approximately 40 watts per channel and equally as great.
Total sleepers in my opinion. There may be a few people out there that disagree - if so, come forward with your rationale.
Finally, these all seem to work well as-is. There are exceptions and battered high hour units, but the cared for specimens just want to please the human ear.
