Retro Tech Dreams: The Sansui RA-700 Reverberation Amplifier (1975)

The Sansui RA-700 Reverberation Amplifier (1975)

I haven't the faintest idea how that display works but I'm all here for it's pretty lights

This is the great grandfather of the Daft Punk helmets I think... same DNA...

This wasn't "surround" tech and did not sound terrible. It's reverberation of music, something younger listeners would not be accustomed to. You had to be alive and an active user when this tech was present to fully appreciate it.

everything sounds better with reverb

And the more the better

indeed

Fart with reverb sound effectyoutu.be

Nice mechanical reverb, too.... not a noisy SAD1024 BBD chip like the Carver units.

I’ve seen lots of those. Never wanted one though

I see these on FB marketplace now and then.

Ty for also bringing this stuff to Bluesky. :)

i would kill for an amplifier with a display like that

WOAH 👀

Looks awesome I suspect sounded terrible like most of the early “surround” tech.

Burn them both

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