Guido Sansui

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Beautiful stuff Bill. You are a much braver man than I...when mine were 2 years old that much stuff within reach would have been a recipe for disaster..... Bill

Nice room, nice gear. Here in Texas we rarely have the luxury of a basement... Enjoy, Bill Here's a pic of my 2 channel setup.

You might want to check out the 2200, after a lot of reading and initially wanting the 2900 I settled on the 2200. Same DACs, pretty much identical audio/video performance, not as heavy duty and a few less bells. I'm very happy with it. Bill

I have a pair of CF-2's that I really like. Great bass from the dual 8" and a 2" tweeter. Crossovers are 3 times as big as my KG 5.5's They were $1500. new. I think the 1's were just a little less. Great speaker, under appreciated imho. I just upgraded to the Chorus II's as I prefer the 3-way sound but I won't sell the CF2's. Enjoy, you got a good buy.

G-8000! Very cool ;-) I have one myself, also a '78. Cannot part with it, just those knobs alone are a lost art... a bygone era... Adjusted for inflation, manufacturing difficulty and materials used those things would cost about $6k to produce today....

Mike , I kind of stole it from the father guido Sarducchi character, the chain smoking cleric from old Saturday night Live. The Sansui 9090 when in top shape still provides a wonderful sound. I bought one in '76 and all my kids were raised on it. Can't compare to the Conrad- ST70 combo though... ;-)

Thank you all. Yes it was a great road trip, was set for a 4 day slog and turned out to be a wonderful break from life and computers. Drove mainly all night, no traffic, full moon, no rain, nice and cool. Yes I've heard that the Choruses are placement sensitive. I do not have corners to put them in. They are on the long wall of an apartment about 9 ft. apart very slightly toed in. The sound stage is huge and that mid-high resolution is fantastic. Just listened to Pat Barber's MOFI sacd of "Cafe Blue". Pretty stunning stuff on these things. Thanks Jay, I'm almost tempted to hit the road and offer 500, but I can't be buying anything else "just to have them" ;-). I do love multiple speaker setups and wonder what those Forte II would sound like standing next to the Choruses with there own ST70 running them..... Madness indeed ;-) Bill

J Jay, where would those Forte II's be located, and what is being asked fro them? Thanks, Bill

Satisfied indeed! The best sound I have ever had in my house. I will never part with these. I got them at less than half price of new which I consider a steal as they are 94's in new condition and getting harder to find all the time. I drove 2100 miles round trip to get them as he would not ship... yes I am crazy I guess ;-) I would do it again, can't believe they are standing in my living room now...........Best sound purchase I have made in a long time. As fate would have it my trip took me right through Hope, AR so I stopped in at the "Klipsch Museum" to pay my respects. I am listening to "The Guitar Trio" from Paco, Al, and John at good volume as I type, Wow, I have never heard it like this, not much bass in that recording but the mids highs are sounding just magic... Thank you Paul!

Thanks. Sorry about the delay in response. I just came back from a 4 day road trip to score a pristine set of black CHORUS II's! They have been up and running for 4 hours and wow is all I can say. I had pretty decent sound before this upgrade. Running a set of KG 5.5's and a set of Epic CF-2's together via 2 modified ST-70 Dynacos. The Choruses out perform that pair. There is less big bass but the mids and highs are absolutely magnificant. This is my first upgrade into Heritage class sound and I am a believer.

Hi All, I am a newbie to this great site. Have been reading and learning a ton of stuff here. Thank You all for that. I am in the Austin, Texas area and am looking for a nice set of Chorus II's. I prefer black but will consider any finish. I will gladly drive a couple hundred miles. Thanks for any help with this. Kind Regards

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Hey Champagne/beer, No offense was taken, no apology needed but I appreciate the courtesy. I own the G-8000, basically identical to the 9000 but with a couple fewer switches and derated to reflect the "lower" output figures. (That's why they put out 200 watts per channel actual instead if the rated 125). Same huge toroidal transformer and huge capacitors. These things weigh in at almost 60 lbs and are incredibly well built. Enjoy