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Offline GWH

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Sansui Sp-3700A
« on: December 22, 2013, 09:55:22 AM »
I snagged a pair of these a few months ago and can not really find any information of these. Anyone know anything about them?
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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2013, 04:07:34 PM »
The curved horn tweeter looks cool.   No idea how it sounds.
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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2013, 04:27:41 PM »
they sound pretty good but I don't have them being powered by a very good receiver. I am on the hunt as we speak. I am also looking to fix up a G2K to run them, but have no time.
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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2013, 06:08:30 PM »
I had a pair of SP-5500X's that were similar.

They sounded like Wulitzer jukeboxes with no bass.
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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2013, 08:29:46 PM »
Quote from: 8 Watts of Fury on December 22, 2013, 06:08:30 PM

They sounded like Wulitzer jukeboxes with no bass.

I gather you didn't care for them. >:D
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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2013, 09:55:34 PM »
Sunny did you recap the SPs you had or left them stock?  It feels like they sounded worse than average for that speaker. 
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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #6 on: December 22, 2013, 10:09:32 PM »
I bought SP-2500s and, after listening to them, gave them away. No bass, obnoxious mids and barely present highs. Basically cheaply made speakers.
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SunnyDaze

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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #7 on: December 22, 2013, 10:52:10 PM »
I did not recap them. The ports were literally paper towel rolls. The "super tweeter" was a cheap Piezo-trash. The cabinet finish was paper thin vinyl. Recapping them would have been a waste of good caps.
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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #8 on: December 23, 2013, 11:50:45 AM »
woah - you had me at piezo tweeter. the toile paper rolls only added to the picture.  enough said.
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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #9 on: December 23, 2013, 11:55:38 AM »
Look at the elaborate crossover (from audiokarma) of a claimed sp5500.  Strange that they would invest so much into the x-over and cheap out on everything else.  That is an accomplishment.  Based on what you said I was expecting a capacitor and a resistor. 

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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #10 on: December 23, 2013, 12:43:38 PM »
SP-5500 ≠ SP-5500X
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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #11 on: December 23, 2013, 04:19:53 PM »
Do you have to turn everything into an equation?
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SunnyDaze

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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #12 on: December 23, 2013, 07:57:56 PM »
No.

Especially since that's an inequality.  :)
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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2013, 08:47:21 PM »
Answer = yes

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Re: Sansui Sp-3700A
« Reply #14 on: December 23, 2013, 09:01:03 PM »
X=1
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