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Tuners?

I am going to buy a 125 tuner Marantz next month, anyone can give me full of suggestion about this tuner. Do I have must to note some problems often happend, etc.. before get it.
Thanks.
 
TDHien59 .. welcome.. ooooh the 125 looks dif.. good dif. Did you have yer eye peeled for a 125?

I've been flipping back and forth with a Marantz 2270 and a 2245 for a week and a half. Aw man they sound good. Same speakers for both of 'em. Every now and then I just switch units. I shut the one playing, off, then switch the other to the same speakers (the cords are there already) then power up the next batter. It's like a yoga move. yuk yuk.

I need a tutor for getting some pictures on here.
 
MX117.MC7150 said:
When that Sony is 'all tuned up' it is about as nice as you will find. Is the quietest tuner in my herd. Sending my T-85 off for an alignment today.
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I listened last night for about three hours and made that little tweak to IFT101 for the dropout issue posted on TIC. Seems tame now. One thing that ocurred to me maybe after two solid hours was that I had no listening fatigue at all. It really is a captivating tuner. I truly love the Yamaha as well. I am sure I will listen to the ST-J75 for a long time before I decide to send it for tuning. Doing an A/B with my extreme tuned TU-717 the sound was nearly identical. Perhaps a bit more soundstage from the Sansui and warmth but only different - not better.
 
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I currently have about 18 tuners....most are stored in my attic...still doing reno's on the house! 2x Luxman, 3x Sansui, 1x Philips, 2x Pioneer, 2x Hitachi, 3x Sony, 1x MCI(NEC), 1x NEC, 3x Yamaha
 
Just one...Pioneer SX-780.

I often have moments where I think I want to replace it with an integrated amp, but every time I look at it's beautiful silver face and warm glowing lights, I fall in over all over again.
 
NAD 4300
NAD 1700 preamp/tuner
NAD 7600 receiver
Crown FM 2
Sansui TU-717
Sansui TU-719
Scott 350
Onkyo T-9090
Kenwood KT-5020

The KT-5020 is the one that got my nod to be sent off to Punker X at Radio X Tuners for new output/bypass caps, new diodes, a power supply upgrade, a new op-amp, new antenna F connector, an IEC power cord connector and an alignment.

I'm perhaps just 10% into the burn in cycle and can categorically say, "WOW!, best sounding tuner I've owned."
 
I have had a few over the years, although I always loved the Onkyo T9...

Kenwood 813
Tandberg 3001
Magnum Dynalab 101
B&K T-108

The Tandberg was very very good, I thought better than the Magnum, but
today I have a simple B&K T-108 which I love...

But I always wanted an Onkyo T-7 or T-9... but the fmtunerinfo guys never
gave it a good look or review...

;-) smile:banana:
 
Onkyo T-9090 II
Onkyo T-4120
Sanyo Plus T-55
Hitachi FT-440B

Last year sold my Sansui TU-S9 to make some room.
 
Yamaha CT-7000 (my best sounding not good for DXing) use a lot.
AKAI AT-V04 (sounds great and great for DXing) use most of the time.
Sony XDR-F1HD (the best for DXing and OK sound) use alot

Other Tuners I have but don't use a lot
Luxman T33
Kenwood KT-2002
Hitachi FT-3500
Sansui T-1000
Sansui T-80
Fisher FM-350
 
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ell383 said:
Yamaha CT-7000 (my best sounding not good for DXing) use a lot.
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Wlecome to AK.
Yes, CT-7000 a wonderful piece. If you've not had the power supply upgraded and the unit recapped and aligned, you may wish to do so. The power supply tends to run hot and fries the caps and transistors. KB at Stereo Surgeons in E. Hartford, CT sort of 'specializes' in the CT-7000 and was once the eastern service manager or whatever for Yamaha.
 
Ya it's all stock with burned out lights and all. I was thinking of getting upgraded but being around 30lbs I think the cost of shipping and mostly trying to pack it for safe shipping might be hard I'm thinking I would need wood shipping container. Any ideas would be great. Also I have the matching amp. CA-1000 but one day it didn't turn on. Do Stereo Surgeons fix Amps also ?
Thanks
AL
 
Believe Stereo Surgeons will do it all. Google them and give a call. You have a PM about shipping and additional AK member techs who may be closer to you (EchoWars in KC, Punker X in Flint, MI, dr*audio in Cleveland, Avionic in the cornfields of Iowa are a few). Terry DeWick, who has an ad at the bottom of the page is in Knoxville would do all the work. AK member dgwojo sells long-life bulbs that last about as long as an LED and quite inexpensive. Lots of resources here for vintage repairs. However, Stereo Surgeons has developed a long-term fix for the heat problem with the CT-7000 power supply with additional heat-sinking.
 
I am a mere dabbler compared to so many here but I have:
Yamaha T-85 nice sound, fun to use
Onkyo T-9090 nice sound, may drift at times
Carver TX2 - Shows signal, but getting no output... must investigate
Having never worked on a tuner, I am hoping it is something that is an obvious physical break so I can just solder a wire or something.
 
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Hello OldTech! I just read you have a Yamaha T-80. I've had one for years, and it is a very good tuner. I'm not sure you are interested in this, but this tuner is also well known in the AM DX community as being nothing short of amazing on AM. If you can ever hook it up to a decent loop antenna, you'll be surprised at the results. The best type you can get now that isn't very expensive is a 12" tunable loop which Terk makes. It does ok on a traditional AM loop as well.

I'm about 90 minutes east of you, near Buffalo, and with a 12" tunable loop, especially during the winter months, I can tune in Chicago stations during the evenings regularly (720, 670, 780, 1000), and I can get live broadcasts on Saturday night from the Grand Old Opry out of Nashville's 650. If I 'point' the loop during the south, and if the conditions are decent, I can tune in stations from Cuba on 600 and 620, Baranquilla, Colombia on 760, and Caracas, Venezuela on 750 and 780.

If you are going for these long distance stations on AM, make sure you have the Filter (FM NR/AM Amplification) switch turned on... it helps reduce adjacent channel interference. Also, you can take advantage of the Fine Tuning Control to tune a bit further away from a noisy local station.

Finally, one other useful tip for the T-80, and this is regards to FM. I and others have found that if you going to use an indoor antenna on FM, the best hook up is a single wire, 3 to 5 feet long, hooked up to only one of the 300 impedance hook ups on the back of the tuner. Don't ask me why this works, but it really does!

I hope you continue to enjoy your T-80, and if you do try any of the above suggestions, let me know your results.
 
trhee said:
Onkyo T-9090 II
Onkyo T-4120
Sanyo Plus T-55
Hitachi FT-440B

Last year sold my Sansui TU-S9 to make some room.
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Trhee,
I noticed in your signature you have a Sanyo Plus T-55. Is yours the US model or the international model with the selectable voltage in the back (120V, 220V)?

I ask because I recently picked up the International model with selectable voltage. One issue I'm trying to correct is the AM is set to the European standard of 9KHz rather than the US 10 KHz station spacing. From research I've determined that this is adjustable internally by removing certain diodes in the digital display section. My problem. I don't have the international version schematics. Bob at fmtunerinfo did scan the US schematics for me but they are slightly different than the international version. Would you by any chance have the international model service manual/schematics? If so I would be willing to pay to have a copy made or scanned. Thanks!

Bill C.
 
Hi, I'm new to the tuning thread. Just stopping by to introduce myself. I have but one tuner, but a pretty good one, I think: Pioneer TX-7500 (circa 75?). Picked this up for not much cash at a thrift store about 4 years ago and it has worked like a charm from day one.
 
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