Sansui G 4700 review of this vintage receiver and also a discussion on reviewing audiophile speakers 

They are great looking receivers from top to bottom.

But do you want to see the higher end speakers still be compared to the Advent or would you prefer them be compared to a new baseline like the Pioneer TZ-9?

@@stereoniche Compare them to the Advent. I root for the little guys.

It is a challenge to find exact start and end manufacturing dates, but the Orion Guide I picked up after this video shows they were made from 1980 - 1982 (a year longer than I thought when I made this video). So, perhaps they released some to market in late '79, but consider them to be '80 models (like cars). That Philips looks to be a very nice table. Philips is a bit under the radar for many, but they produced some very nice gear. There is a set of speakers they produced in 1990 that I would very much like to find.

Thanks! That will be great fun. I often think of the system I had in college and keep an eye out for the receiver.

Yeah, the Advents haven't won too many which is why I was thinking to bring in a bigger contender.

Thanks for confirming my assumptions. I know that Sansui had very good presence in the military outlets, so it seemed obvious that must have been where the 8700dB was sold. They must have sold a ton as I have run across quite a few over the years. On Orion, I need to get an hard copy for reference. I am a aware of it, but never subscribed to their online site.

Indeed, certainly has its place in the lineup.

Yeah, that damn DB board is a nightmare, which is why I typically recommend non-DB units.

They are all very nice units, but as you go up the chain, they get better. For most lines, if you get into the top 3 units of a line that has say 7-8 models, it is mostly just more power, so not a discernible difference in sound. That G-8k is a wonderful unit now and in 20 years from now.

Yeap, the very reason I chose the Advent (and Minimus 7). The issue for TOTL however is that being in that realm essentially insures there were very few ever sold, so very few will actually have heard them. The one exception is the Klipschorn, but because I cannot set them up properly, they are out of consideration. The high end models I will be reviewing will all blow the Advents away so I want to give them something more inline to better relay the differences. Stay tuned.

@@stereoniche Actually Scott, I think the Bose 901 IV would be another one many people have heard. But I think too many people make fun of Bose, for that to be a smart baseline speaker to use. Maybe a current speaker would be a good speaker to use for that? I knew a guy who had AR 3A speakers for many years, and years later when the Advent speaker came out, his dealer thought he might enjoy them even more and he brought them over for a free tryout. After listening a few weeks, the guy kept his AR speakers, and thought the Advents had too bright a tweeter. It's possible to get too used to a certain sound and nothing else sounds right. I listen to rock, jazz, folk, and classical. A few country compilation Christmas albums too, around the holidays. The AR speakers would serve each of those music genres reasonably well, except for classic rock. Harry Pearson of The Absolute Sound used stacked Advents (2 per side) as a reference for a long while. Stacked Advents are a totally different animal. In a 1990s article, he said in priint he regretted selling his double Advents.