Nikko Gamma 20, 30 & 40

[BKville]

Can anyone shine a little light on these 3 tuners for me.. Like what are the major differences between the 3.. Which has better FM reception.. And mostly are these tuners any good in your opinion..


Thanks, Brent

 

[Filmboydoug]

Supposed to be decent, but inferior to the Gamma I and Gamma V.

 

[azkiwi]

Apologies to Brent for thread-jacking, but Filmboydoug; does your Gamma V tune to 87.7?

 

[Filmboydoug]

No. And I checked as soon as I saw your other thread! :tongue:

 

[BKville]

Supposed to be decent, but inferior to the Gamma I and Gamma V.

Thanks.. I gotta do something pretty soon but, haven't decided what, yet.. It's either - find a cheapo to use while getting my NAD tuner fixed (I don't believe much is wrong with it that a good cleaning wouldn't fix.. Works fine except it doesn't like to change stations..) or break the bank to buy a "real" tuner..

I keep seeing these Nikko Gamma tuners and they would match my Beta preamp..



Thanks again, Brent

 

[Mister Pig]

I Have a Gamma 1 and a Gamma 30

I have owned a Gamma 1 for several years. It's a very nice tuner, with good sound quality, and decent sensitivity. It's FM only though. So I bought a Gamma 30 for it's AM abilities.

The Gamma 30 I have is really mint. As nice a shape as you can hope for. Sound quality is decent, but I do not think it's in the same league as the Gamma 1. But it is hard for me to know this for sure because of some pecularities of my system.

I use a passive pre amp, and the Gamma 30 output level is not high enough to drive the amplifiers. The Gamma 1 has no issues in this regards. So it is currently residing in the system. When football season comes around I may hook the Gamma 30 back up.

But in the end both are good tuners. However I like teh Gamma 1 better.

Regards
Mister Pig

 

[Filmboydoug]

Thanks.. I gotta do something pretty soon but, haven't decided what, yet.. It's either - find a cheapo to use while getting my NAD tuner fixed

I have a NT-890 I could loan you till you get the NAD fixed.

 

[BKville]

Thanks... I'll keep that in mind.. Next step is to get an estimate of how much it's gonna cost me to have someone look at it..


Thanks again, Brent