Sansui AU-111 vacuum tube amplifier

I don't know if phonoclassics is 100% right; but I think he is right about the transformers.

is the aU-111 WILL BE A GOOD MATCH WITH zU DRUIDS mkiv?...101DB

THANKS

Hi,
I got a Sansui AU111, fully serviced by my best tech.
I plugged my vintage Hegeman model 1 speakers to test it.
My first impression is Clarity, transparet voices, extended treble and deep deep bass. But I think it sounds a little too bright to me. I will hook my Sabsui SPLE8t soon, thise are suposed yo be one of the best matches for this amp.

I used to service those amps back in the day... At the shops where I worked I tended to be the one doing the tube equipment when it showed up.

The output transformers were pretty decent. But the parts quality was pretty bad. They used paper and oil coupling caps but had reliability problems (I've seen them leaking more than once). The tube sockets were terrible and were prone to bad connections.

I can't comment on the sound- its been too many decades since I last saw one. At least I can say that when I fixed them they didn't seem to have any troubles lasting out the service warranty of the shops where I worked. 

I agree that the Sansui AU-111 is amazing, and to me would be the piece to own.  Sansui is the one company who’s solid state gear also sounds wonderful.  I have many Sansui receivers both tube and solid state along with several integrated amps, and all of them share a sonic sweetness that you won’t hear in other brands.  I have a 9090db that seems to do everything just right.  But I still pine for an original AU-111.  

Vintage Marantz  sound,  both tube and solids state is more laid back and not sweet like Sansui, but still very very good and easier to find.

I love them both. Keep in mind anything that old will need proper service.  
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