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Welcome Back, Sansui!
During the 1970s, Sansui dominated the Hi-Fi market with their innovative designs and superb sound quality. They also demonstrated that Hi-Fi components didn’t need to be expensive to give true performance.
Classic Sansui AU-317 fron the late 1970'sHowever, as the 90s approached, the Sansui name disappeared from high-end Hi-Fi and was bought by a firm making budget systems for a well known order and collect chain across the UK.
But, after a new deal, and some superb engineering, Sansui has come back with vengeance to re-state their name a manufacturer of quality at prices that are wallet-friendly. So, with a new approach to theUKmarket, Sansui are definitely back on the scene!
Sansui's unique designs took form in the intriguing RA-500 Reverberation Amplifier
Sansui established themselves to be fine builders of amplifiers and receivers, whilst having a great belief in the sound format of quadraphonic. Also, their open reel recorders were crafted with the utmost attention and consideration. Speakers were also another of their strong points and suited their own components to a great degree.
The big VUs state the delivery of quadraphonic sound through a Sansui Integrated Amplifier, Circa 1975
But, as Sansui are both unique and different in their approach, their new components don’t fall short of what a true Hi-Fi should consist of.
The New Range:
Sansui’s new CD player, the CDD-201, is nothing short of a masterpiece! And, for only £199, it poises the ratio of value and performance to a fantastic balance. It looks stunning and sounds it, too!
The CD has never sounded so good at £199.00
A perfect partner would be the SAP-201 2 channel Integrated Amplifier. It matches its range siblings and offers a true Hi-Fi experience, packing sophisticated electronics and a punchy 40 watts per channel.
A component amplifer that gives superb performance for very little money.If you like your music kept in crystal-clean digital formats, the WLD-201 Network Player is ideal for listening to computer-stored music and DAB+ radio sources.DAB+ gives the ability to pause and rewind digital radio content on the fly. Also, internet radio gives access to over 15,000 on-line stations. And, for the Apple product lover, Sansui have engineered a free application for iPads, iPod Touches and iPhones to control your digitally-stored audio files.
Sansui's superb streaming component, the WLD-201The Sansui WMH-700 is a micro system that features all of the aforementiomed, but only in a smaller, combined package, complete with matching speakers. Overall, for a small system, this is ideal where big sound is required from a small, discreet system.
Sansui's super micro WMH-700
We can’t wait to see how these new beauties sound. Welcome back, Sansui!
