Sansui 7000X (1983-1984)
Not much is documented about the Sansui 7000X as a product on its own. What the record shows is the advertising. From 1983 into 1984, Sansui ran a campaign for its "Z" Quartz Synthesizer receiver line. The 7000X, billed in the ads as the Z-7000X, was the second model down from the flagship Z-9000X. The Z-5000X and Z-3000X rounded out the lineup, with power across the four models running from 130 watts down to 55 watts.
Sansui's own ads ran in Audio (September 1983, p.6) and High Fidelity (October 1983, p.24). The pitch was a quartz-synthesized tuner and microprocessor control in every model of the line, not just the top one. A one-touch Simul Switch turned the receiver on and selected an input (turntable, tape deck, or AM/FM) in a single press. The tagline said Sansui didn't claim to have the world's only distortion-free receiver. It now had four.
That's essentially the whole file. No independent lab test or full review of the 7000X has surfaced in the archive, so its measured performance (real power output, distortion, FM sensitivity) remains undocumented.
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