Excellent sound quality in a system is enough for most people with neighbours

[Rodolfo]

Not Sansui XR-Q5 direct drive Turntable?
An absolute beauty.
eBay selling these for around £350 approx.
If only I still had my record collection!

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No, a more modest SR-212.
An untested one is going for $99, and a "VG" one for $299 today at eBay.com. Mine's probably close to the latter, though a little cleaner.

 

[record_spot]

What is it about Sansui?
I had an amp and cassette deck when I was a kid, it was the coolest piece of kit I had.
Shame they're not around anymore.

Their 70s and arguably early 90s gear was truly stunning. I had the AU-217 and 717 amps and they were just astoundingly good. The drawback with the 717 amp was the volume pot which was proprietary, sealed (bizarrely) and next to impossible to service. Plug it up with some WD40 and hope for the best.

Would I buy a 717 now? Not a prayer, yet it's one of the best amps from the 1970s.

The other models? 217 / 317, definitely. The 4/5/717 check very carefully. Expensive mistakes await.

 

[Shrek]

I do wish my house was detached maybe 1 day .But it does sit further forward from next door so my lounge is almost detached and it has good sound proofing .Ive never heard anything fron my neighbours house so im hoping they cant here me .