Sansui G-9700

yup its me again 6 years later... I am still cranking my sansui g-9700.. like I said I will never part with this receiver... she still cranks and look great.. what a beauty... roger waters pink Floyd matallica country no matter what I listen to... it sounds great... if you have one keep it... it will last forever.... darkside....

I have one of these "sick" radios. Every thing works but A-channel on the left side. does anyone know where to fix this great receiver in the Atlanta area?

I had one of these, now long gone and in some, but not all respects, I miss it very much.

I'm just adding my views partly based on memory, but also partly based on nostalgia for a time long gone.

This is the age of youngsters regarding MP3 (and other compressed formats) as "Hi-Fidelity", the iPod now rules supreme(???!!!), and streaming internet radio at 192kbps and downloads of poorly ripped and compressed music via a soundcard in a PC now dominates.

I loved the look, the silver finish, the dials, the facilities etc.

The sheer "presence".

It had buttons for everything, and specifically functions that so-called "pro-audio" reviewers frowned upon. - "Loudness" and a mono facility.. We now all know that defined deep bass is when low frequencies are "summed", a pity the Japanese (not only Sony, but Pioneer, Tosh et al) didn't follow that thru, low freq's summed, and everything over 150hz evenly balanced with even stereo separation.

I had a Sony CDP-101, purchased pre-owned in 1986. Regardless of mythology, it was a 16 bit machine with basic oversampling and a brickwall filter, but that distinct "early multibit bright" sound was a perfect match for the lushness of this behemoth of a receiver, yes it had "soggy" low frequencies, and yes it was band-limited, but partnered with the right digital source, it was magical.

The phono.... I was running a Realistic direct drive, with a budget Shure MM, nothing special and the filtering was of no benefit, but I loved it, all of it.

The way the Sansui G-9700 sounded partnered with my Wharefdale floorstanders, the way it all looked on a "modified" MFI stand....

sansui g-9700 is one of the best recievers i ve ever owned.

sonicley very good . power rateing great.

beautifull finished mahoni cabinet.

Let me tell you if you can find one working grab it you will love it forever to. If it doesnt work, you can get it fixed. They make junk now and with the g-series sansui you great awesome power and the best looking receivers made. I see my friends go through all there stereo stuff and I just turn mine on and crank roger waters or mattalica or even country and what a sound. I just need bigger badder speakers. I will never hear it turned up. I shut down 400 or 500 watt klipsch and vegas. Well I will wait so many years and i will be back to write another review I have a feeling my sansui will still rock. Good luck with yours.

I have had my Sansui G-9700 since I was stationed in Germany in the early 80's. Currently it is in my attic. I refuse to depart with it and one day I will pull it out of storage and bring it back to its glory days. It surprised me on the internet that they state it was purchased originally for $1100. I am sure I did not pay more than 5 or 6 hundred

I would like some specifications on this like the Wattage and frequencies.

I got this Sansui G-9700 Receiver from my brother years ago. I have loved it since day one and I will keep it forever - I don't need any of this new junk.

Holy Moley, these people are stupid.

The Sansui G series- G9700 is a 200W/Channel receiver whether it has 75 W transistors in it or 5000000 Watt transistors. That means nothing. It is also only TWO channels, not four. If it had three pairs of speaker jacks would it be six channel?, the stupidity. 600 Watts is the power consumption. 200 Watts per channel into 8 ohms at 0.01% THD is the output for christ's sake.

I bought my Sansui G series- G9700 at a flea market for $50, and I am loving it for years. It will blow up any second-rate speaker you put on it, only when I went to 4 JBL's did I elimate the dead speaker wall of shame in my house! This baby will rock and roll, it can produce live concert volume cranked up, you better have the speakers tied down, it can produce bass note peaks that can blow the speaker clean off the stand! Buy one if you can still find them, you will not be let down, it truly rocks!