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Tuners?

beardsley said:
So the question came up of "what do you do with all of those tuners?" For those for whom the answer isn't at least imaginable :p:
kitchen: Quadraflex Reference 88R (very small receiver that I can't even find info about on the web :confused:)
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Never heard of the 88R, but Tandy made a very cool looking small receiver for Pacific Stereo called the 085R. Can you post a picture of the back panel?
 
two Sony ST J75 (primary listening units)
one Pioneer F90 (awaiting cap replacements)
one Dynaco FM3 (awaiting cap and diode replacements and alignment)
sold one McIntosh MR77 (never sounded like I wanted, even after tech work)
gave away one Sansui 417 (to friend's son)
 

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Fisher FM-100-B. What a pleasure to listen to! Quiet even on the IBOC station from hell, KBAQ. I see why these have held their value so long.

NEC T-710. Still getting acquainted.
 
Honestly haven't counted how many tuners I have but it is in the dozens including tube, analog solid state, digital solid state and HD radio. Currently listing to an Akai AT-9700 which I have done enhancements to. Best surprise and value is an Onkyo T-4087. Excellent sensitivity and selectivity with low noise and has circuit design that cuts HD self noise (no mods and beats my modded T-9090 and T-9090II in sound quality) . Sound quality is very good. All this for a tuner that can for had for <$100.
 
I have two tuners that have only been used a couple of times in the last 10 years. The source is pretty much dead to me. :(
 
jayvis said:
I have two tuners that have only been used a couple of times in the last 10 years. The source is pretty much dead to me. :(
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Yeah...if it weren't for my/our love of CBC radio we wouldn't listen to FM...that said...SiriusXM is super awesome...but...some channels are as compressed as a chunk of Afghan hash...
 
Here are three of mine in the Retro stack
more elsewhere, will take some pics later.
Just got the TX-1000 back from the shop
after approx 10 years silent
Yamaha TX-1000
Sangean HD
McIntosh MR-78 mac's finest
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Unfortunately, I've turned to the dark-side and stream my radio these days. Sad commentary that convenience wins out (though the SQ is quite good and no reception problems during poor weather).
 
MX117.MC7150 said:
Unfortunately, I've turned to the dark-side and stream my radio these days. Sad commentary that convenience wins out (though the SQ is quite good and no reception problems during poor weather).
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I agree regarding convenience and reception issues, but if you compare FM tuner directly against the same channel streamed, the FM sound quality is pretty massively superior. I do this all the time on my old 1972 Rotel RX-400 -- switching inputs between the FM tuner and the same station streamed via Chromecast Audio. The station I listen to most is a bit staticy, but I still choose FM because of the sound quality difference (except on really bad reception days).

If you never compare them directly side-by-side, then streaming seems pretty good. There's no reason streamed FM can't be as good or better than FM, but for whatever reason, the vast, vast majority of radio station stream at very low bitrates (e.g. 64kbps -- same as they did 10 years ago) :(.
 
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peterp1 said:
I agree regarding convenience and reception issues, but if you compare FM tuner directly against the same channel streamed, the FM sound quality is pretty massively superior. I do this all the time on my old 1972 Rotel RX-400 -- switching inputs between the FM tuner and the same station streamed via Chromecast Audio. The station I listen to most is a bit staticy, but I still choose FM because of the sound quality difference except on really bad reception days.

If you never compare them directly side-by-side, then streaming seems pretty good. There's no reason streamed FM can't be as good or better than FM, but for whatever reason, the vast, vast majority of radio station stream at very low bitrates (e.g. 64kbps -- same as this did 10 years ago) :(.
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Yes, I was just marveling at how good the TX-1000 was sounding
as I began reading your post.
Beautiful life like sounds .............

Worth every penny of the $300 I spent for the rebuild.
 
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