aileenamegan
Super Member
My last KT-8155 (815) - gone...
Best/Coolest Looking Tuners
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aileenamegan
Super Member
Kenwood KT-7550, also given away a few weeks ago.
This series of Luxman up until the transition in 1984 are great tuners and a great era.
rshep
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I whole-heartily agree after enjoying all 18 pages of this post. So many cool Mac, Sansui and Marantz classics. I like best the Kenwood 600t (love the meters) and Accuphase T100/101.
superdog
AK Member
My last KT-8155 (815) - gone...
All my analog tuners are long gone.Other than two good classical stations having numerous tuners around is not worthwhile anymore.Sad because I really did like my tuners.Kenwood KT-7550, also given away a few weeks ago.
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Some nice photos of a Scott 4310 recently listed on Ebay are visible in this thread:
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/top-tube-tuner-hh-scott-4310.803743/page-2
Also I posted photos of some other cool-looking Scott tube gear.
https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/top-tube-tuner-hh-scott-4310.803743/page-2
Also I posted photos of some other cool-looking Scott tube gear.
doug s.
Super Member
long ago, i had a philips ah6731; its performance was stellar. but i couldn't cotton to its looks. a while back, i took a chance on an ah673 on ebay, its silver cousin. it was advertized as untested, as it didn't have a power cord. well, a ridiculously low snipe was high enough to have it headed my way; i need another tuna like i need another hole in my head!?! with a mondo lab grade power cord, salvaged from a demolition project at the nih years ago, it turns out it works just fine; all it needed was a few twists on a varistor to activate its signal strength meter; everything else was perfect. while i still think the sansui tu9900 is about the top of the heap for tuner elegance, the ah673 in silver, as opposed to the black ah6731, isn't too shabby. (the lid was off, as i'd just adjusted the varistor.)
now, a really cool looker, for a modern unit, imo, (the md109 doesn't do it for me, especially when it's on), is the burmester concerto. no, i don't have one,
doug s.
now, a really cool looker, for a modern unit, imo, (the md109 doesn't do it for me, especially when it's on), is the burmester concerto. no, i don't have one,
doug s.
doug s.
Super Member
ah yes, the rotel rht-10. i have one, modded and refurb'd by one of the founders of the fmtunerinfo site, and it might just be my best tuner. sonically, i haven't a-b'd it directly w/my other top tuna, but it's definitely "as good as" any, if not better. and reception-wise, it's bettered only by my xdr-guy modded sony xdr f1hd, which is mediocre-sounding at best. appearance-wise, i think the rht-10 is decent, but far from what i'd consider one of the best/coolest looking...
ymmv,
doug s.
ymmv,
doug s.
I like the red sideburns to the red display. The titanium finish is quite nice. The bevel on the display lens top is a nice small touch too. Rotel Michi gear is understated, I liked that. Clean.
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smollett5
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My tech just finished a thorough overhaul of my latest acquisition, a McIntosh MR65B. It required several NOS tubes, work on a frozen volume control shaft, a complete alignment, adjustment of the meters, and more. He believes, based on serial numbers, this was the second MR65B off the assembly line. It sounds excellent and looks pretty good for being 58-years old.
