While selling well in Germany and the US, the Sansui 5000A is typical of a style of equipment that was never especially popular in the UK: the large high performance receiver. This is a shame because some very fine equipment was produced in this class, most notably by the big Japanese brands of the time. Sansui was still producing valve amps in 1968 when the original 5000 receiver appeared, but only solid-state techniques could meet the new model's requirements for facilities and power. The 5000A seen here appeared in 1969 and was essentially the same as the 5000 but featured a re-designed FM front-end employing three MOSFET transistors and a slightly revised stereo decoder. In 1970 the 5000X was launched which, although similar in appearance, had more far-reaching changes inside, most notably in the area of the power supply.
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