I bought my sansui 9090DB in 1978 in the Air Force Bx in Okinauwa Japan.I also bought kenwood 777 d speakers.I was a boom operator on a kc135 so i brought it back with me to the states duty free..I paid 800 dollars for everything.I still have the system.I have cds now but still have a turntable.This sytem is awesome.I am into to classic rock.Zep tull queen .I am 51 and still make my walls shake.I blew the speakers a couple of times and had some work on the amp but it blows away any thing today.Not even close.Right know i am jammin to bob segar live bullit.I t feels like I am at the concert.I will never let mine go and when I die I need to find someone in my family that will appreciate this. the kids today do not.If you have one you have the best.I need some new speakers any suggestions.

I found my sansui 9090db being throw out in the garbage. when i took it home i found the 2 7amp 125 volt fuses blown for the audio. i replaced them and have been listening to it now for over 6 months. cabinet and face are in very good condition.

Power rating and soundstage to live concert level.

DB section is on the blink but can find any noticable weaknesses with this piece. Love all about it.

9090db has natural, pure and visble soundstage. Excellent reception, low distortion. Great!!! This receiver receives and then delivers to almost perfection. I finally beat other flea-ers & thift-ers to the punch. Close your eyes and enjoy any type music. I'm pushing JBL6030 and Pioneer HPM 100s. Yes, I did infact pay $25.00 dollars for the unit.

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Power to sound quality ratio: The Sansui maintains a sound quality that is absultely amazing given its floor thumping power output.

This reciever requires some basic electronics knowledge to maintain. The front panel lights are replaceable but require some basic electronics skill. Basically... Pay attention in your Tech. Ed. classes!

By far, this is the finest piece of audio equipment I have ever owned. I also own a thorens TD -160 turntable as well as a Fisher tube equipment. The tuner section on the Sansui is its best attribute. It can pull in stations so well it is absolutely amazing. When considering audio equipment for purchase one should stay away from amplifiers with a lot of power because they tend to distort the sound, but the Sansui seems perform well considering its power. It has fine sound quality as well as the power to drive even the most inefficient speakers on the market. I feel as though this reciever far surpasses anything within its price range that is available today.For 2-300$ you can have a stereo system that perfroms at the level of systems that cost three times that amount. The 9090 is a system that is well worth your consideration.

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Great components, lots of metal, great design. Above all, FM quality and amp sound.

None whatsover other than its weight.

I had been inpressed with the Marantz sound, that is, until I got my first Sansui 9090DB. Nothing tops this powerful receiver. Been playing a Cream live CD and if I close my eyes, I can picture being at the event easily. This thing sounds better than anything I've heard or own. Only close match is my Sansui 9090 non dolby receiver. I am glad these units have not been readily discovered by the masses, so one is always within reach for a few hundred bucks.

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Can handle three sets of speakers- unusual!
Beautiful - an unusual quality for a piece of electronics.
Still brush aluminum face with black writing -much better for aging baby boomer eyes than more modern black faces which can hardly be seen in room light.

Large and heavy. Strange weakness is its longevity and durability - makes finding competent repair service difficult. Does anyone know a place in the mid-atlantic region that does good work on these?

Great, high quality, versatile classic audio receiver.

Customer Service

I need to find a repair place - lights are starting to fade and the contacts on control knobs need cleaning or replacement. Help!

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Everything

Weighs a ton. Broke a dresser with it.

A history of the system; 9090DB Speakers SP2500X
It was bought in 1977, the year that I was born. I was so intrested in it as a baby that my parents had to put it a cabinet and lock it. But it was the only thing that would put me asleep. In a hanging chair with both speakers pointed toward me playing all the music of the time ( 3 Dog, CCR, Jim Croche,etc) I grew up with the system, I knew no diffrence in stereos. When I became the age that I wanted a stereo of my own my parents bought me a system that I was highly disappointed in. It didn't sound as good as theres, I couldn't beat them in a heads up make the house shake contest(it happend several times). Plus above a certian volume you couldn't understand mine. But there 9090db could be turned all the way up and you could understand every word, hear every instrument. Finally in the Mid 90's my father bought a Fisher system for $1400 and gave me the Sansui 9090db. After a carried the massive recevier into my room and the speakers I hooked it up to my computer to listen to MP3s. In a short amount of time he wanted his Sansui back. To much regreat I gave it back to him and the Fisher stayed in the living room corner untouched for months. One day while listening to music the Sansui red lighted on him. It reset it's self and played some more and redlighted again. It continued this for about and hour and finally the redlight came on and stayed on. The audio shop at the time said that they didn't have parts for it and that it was so out of date that dad should get a new system. Dad brought the Sansui home from the shop and put it away from the closet. But with out his music he just wasn't happy with the Fisher. So one day while browesing at a local Pawn shop he came across another Sansui this time an 8080db. He bought the system with out a second thought. He brought the system home and hooked the speakers up from the old Sansui and turned it on. It was great the sounds were true as the artist would want it. But the dreaded red light started to come on on it too. We noticed that the Mid Range speakers wasn't working this time and I opened the speaker box up. The Cross over for the mid range speakers was blown completely apart. A trip to a electronics store with what was left of the exploded part and I rececived the parts and took it home and soldered it in. Back in business with all the greatest tunes.

Bottom Line;

If you don't have one get one. If you have one keep it forever. You'll never need another system.

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POWER,DYNAMICS,LOOKS,FEATURES,SOUND, VERSATILITY,CONSTRUCTION,DYNAMICS,

NONE THAT I CAN THINK OF!!

Let me say right here and now... ""FIND ONE"" I have an awesome system in my main listening room Cinepro , Bryston 9b, Klipschorn Cornerhorns, Mcintosh tube pre and $$$$ big money in patch cables and speaker wires and a $2000 SACD player ect... anyways I wanted a more powerful receiver for the bedroom, well I had been running a Sansui 7070 for a long time and then I came across the 9090DB, and man I won't bore you to death with big fancy ways to explain hi-fi nirvana, but "wow" is the first thing that came accoss my mind, then the goose bumps!! This is just an amazing unit, this smokes my older brothers Pioneer sx-1280 or sx-1250 (one of those) in pure power and dynamics!! I have had big receivers but never a big Sansui. Just keep turning the volume around the clock with this baby and it just says give me more!! ""WOW""... clean...clean...clean!!! I can't beleave that I got $10,000+ in amps in one room and in another an old receiver and there's no difference in sound quality!! GET ONE NOW BEFORE THERE ALL GONE!!

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The sound is acousticly perfect and the speakers are perfect.

Sansui does not make their stereos as good as they used to

I have had my Sansui 8080DB for about 27 years now and I must say, it sounds as good as the day that I bought it. The acoustics that this machine puts out are to die for. When I bought it I was not liking the price at all but when I got it home and listened to it, I probably would have paid more. When I bought the reciever I also bought a pair of Sansui SP-5500X. I ahve to also say that they have stood the test of time. They sound just as good as the day that I bought them. Over the years I have been looking for newer reciver, ones that are more up to date in style and sound. I found a Harmon Kardon reciever that cost $2000 and was very nice. I got home and put the other stereo away and connected the new one; to my suprise it did not sound at all like my Sansui. I found that nopthing comes close to style and sound than the Sansui 8080DB. It is probably one of the best investments that I ahve ever bought. The speakers that I have with them are also on of the best investemnts. They have the most acurate sound out of any speaker. The circuitry of their crossover is one of the best, I would nover buy any other stereo equipment ever again.

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Had this baby for 30 years with a total maintenance cost of $125.00. This unit will run all day and night at near max output.

Too heavy for an old guy to pack around and it does put out a lot of heat if you up the volume too much.

I have just recenly moved back to Canada after having lived overseas for 16 years. My sister had absconded with my old Sansui 9090 for about ten years until it quit working. She then brought it back without a thank you. Doesn't matter-I took it to a small repair shop and the guy had it up and running for only 125 bucks. I used to blow everybody in the block away with this machine. Used it for many local dances and even ran it at an outside dance once. It was then that the real power of this machine was evident as at about 80 watts output nobody would come within 25 feet of it. When I purchased it I also got the Sansui SP5500X speakers and I still have them. I bought a pair of JBL's that were rated at 125 watts but they didn't last. This 9090 with the 5500's is pure joy to listen to at any output setting. I love my 9090 and will never part with it again.

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