Sansui QS-1

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Sansui
• Model: QS-1
• Type: Quadrophonic Decoder
• Years of manufacture: 1973 - 1974
• Made in: Japan
• Color: front aluminum brushed black, wooden cabinet
• Remote control: no
• Power consumption:
• Dimensions: 395 x 127 x 278 mm (WxHxD).
• Weight: 5.5 kg
• Original price approx.: 998 DM

Connections

• Number of inputs:
  • 2-channel: 130 mV / 50 kOhm
  • 4-channel aux: 775 mV / 50 kOhm
• Number of outputs:
  • 2-/4-channel Tape Out:
    • Low: 130 mV, max. 1 V
    • High: 430 mV, max. 3.5 V

Specifications

• Frequency response:
  • 20 - 20'000 Hz, ± 1 dB

Special Features

• 4 VU meters
• Switch for 4-channel RM, SQ, Discrete / Stereo / Mono
• CD-4 connectable
• Synthesizer decoder function selector for:
  • Concert Hall 1 and 2: stereo signals pseudo-square processed.

Surround: pseudo quadraphonic stereo signals, except that the listener is placed in the center of the musical action.

• • • The channels can be cyclically swapped by 90 and 180 degrees clockwise (Right Quarter Turn and Half Turn)

In the "Decoder" position, matrix-encoded records, preferably QS records, are listened to.

Remarks

• Other models of the same series:
• Sansui QS-1
• Sansui QS-100
• Sansui QS-500

Pictures

• Image: Sansui QS-1

• Excerpt from brochure: Sansui QS-1