Good News.

My wonderful Sansui AU-9900 is back from the shop, and has taken it's rightful place at the centre of my system. It's driving the ESS AMT-3 Rock Monitors as I write this, and making me very happy.

The Sansui AU-9900 is here.

UPDATE: After putting it back together (which takes a while with all the set screw attached knobs and 5 exterior panels) I started listening, and heard a disappointing harshness in the midrange. Cleaning the balance and mode pots totally changed everything. This is a fantastic amplifier, and lives up to my high expectations.

I have a Sansui AU-9900.

It powers on, but the relay doesn't click. I am thrilled to have it, impatient for Vladimir to get back from Russia and make this baby his first priority the minute he's off the plane. Look at the construction...that rear section that's nothing but the transformer, massive capacitors, output transistors and those cool heatsinks. In the front, the inputs are on one side, the outputs on the other. The back contains the power cord and auxiliary outlets, nothing else. My title was going to be 'I bagged the Elephant' but some of you may be too young to remember Wallstreet. I feel that I have a keeper sitting here. This is a magnificent beast.