Underrated but certainly one of the most understated of any device that Sansui has ever built. Sleek, minimalistic in every sense, but of an incredible build quality and the sound is just stunning. From the elegant but superbly stable power supply to the perfectly shielded box-in-box construction for the MC phono preamp, the famous DD/DC circuit integrated in the MM phono stage and a line amp stage that is derived from the AU-X1 flat amp, this is a gem! This unit has had full recap, the line stage problem of the overheating driver transistors is solved and this particular unit comes uniquely fitted with the original rack handles!
A CA-F1 is built upside-down, so the picture below shows the unit from underneath. The wiring may look untidy, but a deliberate choice has been made to carefully separate the signal wiring from the power wiring as much as possible to avoid any interference. The unit is easy to work on, only the top- and bottom covers need to be removed.
