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Last night I decided to pull my old Sansui AU-101 Solid State Stereo (Integrated) Amplifier out of the closet, clean the dust off it and hook it up. I bought this little amp at a antique shop about 4 years ago because it was cheap and in really nice condition but never really used it since!

The Sansui AU-101 came out in 1973 and is rated at a whopping 15 Watts RMS per channel. It lacks a built in radio tuner but this makes for a simple design that's compact for the time period. Sansui was a fairly high end brand name at the time and the amplifier is made in Japan. But at only 15 Watts per channel my expectations weren't exactly high. Boy was I in for a pleasant surprise. This little guy sounds great on my 6 ohm Infinity Reference 2-way bookshelf speakers.

Listening to Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger for anyone wondering. Ryan Adams is a singer/songwriter who plays guitar, piano, harmonica, bass guitar, drums, banjo and mandolin. He has had many solo albums released over the past decade along with a band called the cardinals and was the frontman of another band called Whiskeytown. He has an amazing voice both in the studio and live and I highly recommend checking him out. He's mainly known for his alternative country sound but has also touched upon alternative rock, heavy rock and even punk so you can find a wide variety of his music.