hk715 Harman Kardon tuner - Any good?

[z-adamson]

A digital tuner I picked a while back and replaced all the caps.

Is this a good performing tuner relative to tuners found in receivers?

Is this a good tuner relative to competing stand-alone tuners?

 

[N8Nagel]

I have one, it is one of two component tuners that I have, the other being a Dynaco FM-5 with some issues so not a fair comparison. It does sound good but is lacking some modern features, while still appearing modern so not having that vintage charm. I have the whole matching stack though, so putting anything else in there would offend my sensibilities. I think I prefer the tuner in my Luxman TP-117 but I'd have to do a serious back to back to be sure. I guess I could hook it up to one of the unused inputs in the TP-117, level match, and flip back and forth on a weakish station to see.

 

[z-adamson]

I guess I could hook it up to one of the unused inputs in the TP-117, level match, and flip back and forth on a weakish station to see.

I would be very curious as to the results of this comparison.

 

[JimL1]

A digital tuner I picked a while back and replaced all the caps.

Is this a good performing tuner relative to tuners found in receivers?

Is this a good tuner relative to competing stand-alone tuners?

A digital tuner I picked a while back and replaced all the caps.

Is this a good performing tuner relative to tuners found in receivers?

Is this a good tuner relative to competing stand-alone tuners?

A digital tuner I picked a while back and replaced all the caps.

Is this a good performing tuner relative to tuners found in receivers?

Is this a good tuner relative to competing stand-alone tuners?

replacing all the caps could be a bit of a chore since no bottom access means removing the board from the unit and struggle with the other dangling wires. I may change the capacitors on mine but not sure yet. I have issues with receiving FM stereo. It works after some adustments then after powering off and on again (10 minutes or so) no FM stereo?