Sansui SX-1070 (circa 1984)
Little is documented about the Sansui SX-1070. It shows up in one known period reference, a brief mention in High Fidelity (September 1984, p.36). That listing calls it a 55-watt receiver priced at $380, with decoding for all four stereo AM systems then in use. The same article puts it below the S-X1100 (100 watts, $800) as the smaller sibling. That suggests it belonged to a short-lived, microprocessor-era receiver line that Sansui introduced around 1984.
Past that listing, no specifications, design details, production years or user accounts have surfaced. The hyphen in the model name varies - the magazine spells it S-X1070 - but the core identity is consistent. For a collector, the SX-1070 is a footnote in Sansui's mid-1980s catalog. It likely offered solid performance in a compact package, but it left little trace in the historical record.
Known Specs
- Power output: 55 watts per channel
- Original price: $380
- Feature: decoding for four stereo AM systems
- Year referenced: 1984
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