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Kenwood KT-413
Tuners?
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Hoodcom
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A new picture with a little part of my tuners:
Tuners are from top left, middle and right:
- Kenwood KT-9900
Very nice collection of tuners!
I am wondering though, what is the green light on the KT-9900?
I am an owner of a KT-9900 as well and I never noticed a green light. haha
Picture below...
Well, my very first separate tuner is:
- Kenwood KT-9900
- Pioneer SX-1050
- Pioneer SX-750
- Onkyo TX-NR5007
- Pioneer Elite VSX-90TXV
- couple others that are not vintage, lol
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charlesp210
New Member
My tuners briefly described
Sony XDR-F1HD (x3) one has full RadioXTuners analog output mod (original)
***** This is my current main tuner and the ONLY tuner in my supertuner collection which gets KPAC without a birdie. I pipe this everywhere in house with Sonos and use wireless remote extenders for control (tricky setup in high RFI environment). Main system gets direct feed. I have been thinking about advanced mods based on external tube-buffered passive filter.
McIntosh MR 78 with Modafferi mod (2000) Nice tuner for DX'ing, sound can be annoying (unforgiving).
Fisher MPX-100 multiplex purchased for use with MR78 and others to give more pleasant sound (purchased recently, not yet hooked up).
Sony 730ES very nice sounding tuner, just tested recently. Might be convertable to LA3450 MPX adapter...
Yamaha TX-1000U my previous reference tuner, possibly still sounds nicer than Sony XDR-F1HD sometimes. Very good DX'ing performance also.
Kenwood KT-8300 Nice sounding tuner, seems to have more "passion" than digital tuners, but also way more noise. Good DX'ing.
Kenwood 600T Very nice unflappable mellow and rich sound. Very useful in antenna tuning because it has strength meter calibrated in 10dB increments. This has held fort in my Kitchen for several years now, hope to replace with MR78+Fisher combo. Very impressive looking (you know you've arrived when you see this).
Yamaha T-85. Former bedroom tuner, now needs service. Nicer DX'ing features than TX-1000U, but otherwise similar performance. Mine doesn't sound as good and constantly drops computer lock.
Kenwood KT-7500 This was my reference from 78-90. Unfortunately I grew to hate it's not-quite-good-enough performance, but I can't seem to let go of it either.
Onkyo 9090 MkII. Main tuner from 91-'01. Never has sounded quite right to me, slightly muffled, though it performs very well and has good features, except you can't actual tune new stations on the remote (which has always bugged me).
Sumo Charlie (non-handled) OK, but not much more.
Sony 5000F Mine needs repair because meters are broken and have to tune by ear. Pleasant sound, decent performance for 1-bandwidth tuner. But I wouldn't say it outclasses everything else as some prices would suggest.
Sansui TU-9900. Similar to KT-8300, but nicer looking, possibly slightly better sound, mine needs repair.
Fisher KM-60/61 (x2) Very nice sound, amazingly sometimes sounds quieter than 600T. Local stations only.
Kenwood KT-1000 (1980) Nice sound, clunky controls, currently in donation pile.
What I'd like to try: Marantz 10B, 20B, 150, 2130, 19 receiver (but they always sell for more than I want to pay). Kenwood L-02T (dream), L-1000T, KT-6040 tuner (on the way soon). Sequerra with Panalyzer (Model One or D/S Reference, would prefer later D/S Reference model because I suspect it has better sound quality, but not worth buying w/o panalyzer).
I'm still operating with indoor antennas (sigh). I have APS-13 and others, but not installed. The outdoor construction project is mind boggling for me, though I have most everything picked out.
As it looked like I might never get a Sequerra with Panalyzer, I instead bought RF Spectrum Analyzer cheap, has problems but actually works adequately. It's actually a cell phone tester, but has spectrum analyzer option, HP8922M. Scope barely functions (crooked ebay seller) but video out works. Just purchased recently and was helpful in debugging problems in 413Mhz remote extenders, also noticed small adjacent channel blip which may explain birdie for KPAC.
I also have nice Tektronix 465M (no fan) for use with tuners, but don't use it much. These are great (if you get a working one, mine is rock solid) and I shoulda got a bunch of them when they were cheep. Also have Tek 475, ST1000A, ST1700B, and PC-based sound analyzer with RightMark, SpectraPlus, and Juli@ 192Khz soundcard.
Sony XDR-F1HD (x3) one has full RadioXTuners analog output mod (original)
***** This is my current main tuner and the ONLY tuner in my supertuner collection which gets KPAC without a birdie. I pipe this everywhere in house with Sonos and use wireless remote extenders for control (tricky setup in high RFI environment). Main system gets direct feed. I have been thinking about advanced mods based on external tube-buffered passive filter.
McIntosh MR 78 with Modafferi mod (2000) Nice tuner for DX'ing, sound can be annoying (unforgiving).
Fisher MPX-100 multiplex purchased for use with MR78 and others to give more pleasant sound (purchased recently, not yet hooked up).
Sony 730ES very nice sounding tuner, just tested recently. Might be convertable to LA3450 MPX adapter...
Yamaha TX-1000U my previous reference tuner, possibly still sounds nicer than Sony XDR-F1HD sometimes. Very good DX'ing performance also.
Kenwood KT-8300 Nice sounding tuner, seems to have more "passion" than digital tuners, but also way more noise. Good DX'ing.
Kenwood 600T Very nice unflappable mellow and rich sound. Very useful in antenna tuning because it has strength meter calibrated in 10dB increments. This has held fort in my Kitchen for several years now, hope to replace with MR78+Fisher combo. Very impressive looking (you know you've arrived when you see this).
Yamaha T-85. Former bedroom tuner, now needs service. Nicer DX'ing features than TX-1000U, but otherwise similar performance. Mine doesn't sound as good and constantly drops computer lock.
Kenwood KT-7500 This was my reference from 78-90. Unfortunately I grew to hate it's not-quite-good-enough performance, but I can't seem to let go of it either.
Onkyo 9090 MkII. Main tuner from 91-'01. Never has sounded quite right to me, slightly muffled, though it performs very well and has good features, except you can't actual tune new stations on the remote (which has always bugged me).
Sumo Charlie (non-handled) OK, but not much more.
Sony 5000F Mine needs repair because meters are broken and have to tune by ear. Pleasant sound, decent performance for 1-bandwidth tuner. But I wouldn't say it outclasses everything else as some prices would suggest.
Sansui TU-9900. Similar to KT-8300, but nicer looking, possibly slightly better sound, mine needs repair.
Fisher KM-60/61 (x2) Very nice sound, amazingly sometimes sounds quieter than 600T. Local stations only.
Kenwood KT-1000 (1980) Nice sound, clunky controls, currently in donation pile.
What I'd like to try: Marantz 10B, 20B, 150, 2130, 19 receiver (but they always sell for more than I want to pay). Kenwood L-02T (dream), L-1000T, KT-6040 tuner (on the way soon). Sequerra with Panalyzer (Model One or D/S Reference, would prefer later D/S Reference model because I suspect it has better sound quality, but not worth buying w/o panalyzer).
I'm still operating with indoor antennas (sigh). I have APS-13 and others, but not installed. The outdoor construction project is mind boggling for me, though I have most everything picked out.
As it looked like I might never get a Sequerra with Panalyzer, I instead bought RF Spectrum Analyzer cheap, has problems but actually works adequately. It's actually a cell phone tester, but has spectrum analyzer option, HP8922M. Scope barely functions (crooked ebay seller) but video out works. Just purchased recently and was helpful in debugging problems in 413Mhz remote extenders, also noticed small adjacent channel blip which may explain birdie for KPAC.
I also have nice Tektronix 465M (no fan) for use with tuners, but don't use it much. These are great (if you get a working one, mine is rock solid) and I shoulda got a bunch of them when they were cheep. Also have Tek 475, ST1000A, ST1700B, and PC-based sound analyzer with RightMark, SpectraPlus, and Juli@ 192Khz soundcard.
MX117.MC7150
Listener
Nice selection. You might want to add a Sony ST-J75 to your list. My dr. audio refurb'd ST-J75 is still the 'go-to' tuner for sonics (Yamaha T-85, TX-1000U & CT-7000, McIntosh MR80 (fully Terry DeWick'd). Probably should have kept my up-dated ST-5000F, but of the bunch, its softer, rounded sonics where the least pleasing to my ears.
MX117.MC7150
Listener
Just put the Yamaha CT-7000 back into the system. Excellent sonics. Great depth in the sound stage. Not too shabby to look at, either.
Others are the Sony ST-J75, McIntosh MR80, Yamaha T-85 and TX-1000.
Others are the Sony ST-J75, McIntosh MR80, Yamaha T-85 and TX-1000.
gizzyman47
Addicted Member
Have a sansui tu-9900, sansui tu-515, pioneer tx-9500ll, with a rotel rt-1024 on the way. have a NAD 402 digital also.
Zingem
Active Member
Yippie
I finally found the tuner I was looking for all the time! And as mint as I could have wished for. A Dual CT-1540RC. A beauty to watch and to listen to.
It sounds wonderful, haven't enjoyed FM like this for a very long time.
I guess I won't be listening to my Sanyo Plus T-55 very much for some time.
I finally found the tuner I was looking for all the time! And as mint as I could have wished for. A Dual CT-1540RC. A beauty to watch and to listen to.
It sounds wonderful, haven't enjoyed FM like this for a very long time.
I guess I won't be listening to my Sanyo Plus T-55 very much for some time.
Zingem
Active Member
These were made in Germany by Südfunkwerke Waiblingen, a rather unknown company, which did design and manufacture quite nice hifi-products for famous (mostly German) brands.
This tuner belongs to a last line of quality products by Dual, aiming to place it firmer within the audiomarket. Allas, soon afterwards Dual went bankrupt and was sold (for the first time). This tuner from 1980 is something of a curiosity. It has a kind of [retro]futuristic style, classy and timeless rather than oldfashioned. Its dark metallic faceplate may look awkward to some, but afterhours, in a dim lighted room like mine, it is beautiful with its red LEDs. And what the heck, I like it!
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DonQuixote99
just give me some truth
Boy, you really paint a picture there, Zingem (hint hint).
DonQuixote99
just give me some truth
Cool! Thank-you sir!
I see the quality, and good set of features. And I'll bet it does look really good in the dark....
I see the quality, and good set of features. And I'll bet it does look really good in the dark....
myu701
Vintage futurist
Sansui TU-719 : probably my best tuner, in terms of overall performance
Harman Kardon TU-915 : simple yet great performing digital tuner - just wish it had remote control
Yamaha T-1020 : good all around digital tuner, but boxed away as I prefer the TU-915
Onkyo TX-860 : (receiver) decent built-in tuner, but my others are more musical so it doesn't get used
Integra DTR-6.5 : (receiver) mediocre built-in tuner - never use it
Harman Kardon TU-915 : simple yet great performing digital tuner - just wish it had remote control
Yamaha T-1020 : good all around digital tuner, but boxed away as I prefer the TU-915
Onkyo TX-860 : (receiver) decent built-in tuner, but my others are more musical so it doesn't get used
Integra DTR-6.5 : (receiver) mediocre built-in tuner - never use it