Sansui BA 3000

Sansui BA 3000

Sansui BA 3000 Power Amplifier

One of the all time greats! The construction and quality of this amplifier rivals anything out there including the Pioneer Spec 2 and Spec 4. In my opinion, Sansui was the leader in the 70's when it came to building the very best. I'd stack this amp up against anything old or new. I even prefer it to the Sansui BA 5000. Altho the BA 5000 has more power, you need a crane to move it's 100 lbs. (At least if you're getting to be an old fart like me). I'd rather run two of these in mono or use a JBL dual mono amp if it came to that kind of power requirement. These units have been steadily appreciating in value over the past 5 years. You can get into this BA3000 for: See Equipment List

The front end is a class A driver which insures optimal sound reproduction as the amp is always operating in the linear region of the transistors. Get it clean up front and it stays that way thru the rest of the amp.

A Torodial transformer with separate windings for the dual positive and negative power supplies gives clean power to the amp circuits. Sansui started as a transformer company and their expertise was put to good use in the power supply section. Two huge 22,000 mfd capacitors insures plenty of power when the music needs that oomph for the high-power transients and also for flat-out cranking.

6 output transistors for each channel on huge heat-sinks shows this thing is vastly overbuilt. Just the way I like it. I've read that this amp can hit almost 600 wpc during short bursts and is rated at 170 watts per channel RMS into 8 ohms. You can bridge the outputs for 340 watts mono into 8 ohms.

Heavy, high quality Sansui Definition Series unit, no plastic crap. Was $1200 in 1976 dollars ($4800 today). Units have been gone through, cleaned, adjusted and lubricated. Look new inside.

Each unit has a couple of very minor scratches on the top plates. Most of these units were one-owner systems.

Price: See Equipment List

Shipping is $75 double-boxed

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Own one of the very best power amplifiers ever made. A BA 3000 in this condition is almost impossible to get anymore. You can get a beat up one that doesn't work on eBay for around $400 - $800. If you like to trouble-shoot and don't mind buying another one for parts, that could be the deal for you. If you want one that's ready to play and is in excellent condition - here it is. Most of the one's I have for sale are one owner units.

I sometimes have the matching CA 3000 preamp for sale also. Ask me and see if I have one in stock. See Equipment List for current units.

	Huge lighted VU meters
	Sub-sonic filter of 15 Hz
	Will drive two sets of speakers - Off/A/B/A+B
	Separate level controls for each channel
	Input has matched transistors so that the response of the circuit is always constant in quality.
	High power and low distortion. The output permits faultless reproduction of original music sources with full dynamic range and a thunderous bass at even the highest output levels.
	Triple protection circuit
	Front panel is made out of up to 0.6 inches thick aluminum.
	Knobs are solid machined aluminum.
	Heat sink is 190 square inches for 24/7 operation at full blast!
	Torodial transformer for less magnetic noise coupling and highly concentrated magnetic fields for less heat and improved power regulation over standard transformers.
	Two huge filter capacitors of 22,000 mfd each for tremendous headroom on your music.
	170 watts per channel RMS into 8 ohms.
	No more than THD 0.05%
	Made during 1973 - 1975.
	15 day warranty.

If you see this description on eBay - it was ripped off from me!

I keep these specs on my web site so that others may enjoy or research information about the BA 3000.

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