Tuners?
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doug s.
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looks to be a decent tuner, if not sota. if you have a good station, and any way to get an antenna hooked up to get a good signal, it would be worth a listen. and, you now have a matched set - nice!
doug s.
Hoewieloewie
Active Member
Actual:
Marantz Model 2050, ST-50 & ST6003
Superscope T-208, T-210, T-220 & T-500
Erres SX6194
Muvid IR825 (FM / DAB+ / Internettuner (using: smartradio.frontier-nuvola.net))
Albrecht DR52BA Digitalradio Adapter (FM / DAB+ / BlueToothreceiver)
Recently in and already out: Philips F2516. Not because it's a bad tuner but because I had to make space.
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doug s.
Super Member
regarding your internet tuner and the nuvola service provider, i'd suggest checking out the newer grace-link internet tuner, for three reasons. 1st, grace learned the hard way when its service provider stopped providing service, and that rendered a slew of older grace product obsolete doorstops. 2nd, grace, having experienced this, decided to be its own service provider, which means that as long as grace is around, no one will shut down its service provider, and there are no fees to pay. 3rd, grace provides high bitrate feeds - if a station streams at flac quality, or 1000kbps, or whatever, grace can stream at that speed. nuvola limits the stream to a max of 192kbps, regardless of the stream quality. (at least that was true when i was considering another nuvola-dependent internet tuner two years ago.)Actual:
Marantz Model 2050, ST-50 & ST6003
Superscope T-208, T-210, T-220 & T-500
Erres SX6194
Muvid IR825 (FM / DAB+ / Internettuner (using: smartradio.frontier-nuvola.net))
Albrecht DR52BA Digitalradio Adapter (FM / DAB+ / BlueToothreceiver)
Recently in and already out: Philips F2516. Not because it's a bad tuner but because I had to make space.
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ok, some related analog fm tuner porn:
philips - ah673, w/new led lighting:
doug s.
Hoewieloewie
Active Member
Hello. I bought the Muvid second hand in 2019. It was made in 2011 so it was 8 years old. The webpage to get an accesscode and make a list of favorites (www.wifiradio-frontier.com) didn't exist anymore than. So the Muvid could not do a "handshake" (make the necessary connection everytime it starts up). It could receive internetstations but because I couldn't make a list of favorites, it was very hard to search and store a nice station. In december 2022 I had to log on the Muvid again on my Wifi. I didn't know how to so I had to look up in the manual. I again read in the manual about the webpage I just mentioned. To my big suprise by clicking the link I got rerouted to www.smartradio.frontier-nuvola.net where I could make an account, register my Muvid and make a list of favorites.
November 2023 I got an E-mail from Frontier Nuvola that maybe the service would stop being free and the question was if I was willing to pay about 5 euro per year for continuing of the service. I answered that I was willing to do that. Last E-mail (february 2024) about the subject was this. I think untill now the service of Frontier Nuvola is great.
"Thanks for registering your interest for a subscription to the favourites portal. We wanted to update you on the latest developments.
We are in discussions with the device Brand owners to find a way to keep the Favorites Portal running, without any additional cost to end-users. Discussions are progressing well, and we are confident that an agreement will be reached. Unless you hear back from us, please assume that the service shall continue operating as-is."
By the way: your Philips 673 is awesome.
November 2023 I got an E-mail from Frontier Nuvola that maybe the service would stop being free and the question was if I was willing to pay about 5 euro per year for continuing of the service. I answered that I was willing to do that. Last E-mail (february 2024) about the subject was this. I think untill now the service of Frontier Nuvola is great.
"Thanks for registering your interest for a subscription to the favourites portal. We wanted to update you on the latest developments.
We are in discussions with the device Brand owners to find a way to keep the Favorites Portal running, without any additional cost to end-users. Discussions are progressing well, and we are confident that an agreement will be reached. Unless you hear back from us, please assume that the service shall continue operating as-is."
By the way: your Philips 673 is awesome.
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doug s.
Super Member
hi!Hello. I bought the Muvid second hand in 2019. It was made in 2011 so it was 8 years old. The webpage to get an accesscode and make a list of favorites (www.wifiradio-frontier.com) didn't exist anymore than. So the Muvid could not do a "handshake" (make the necessary connection everytime it starts up). It could receive internetstations but because I couldn't make a list of favorites, it was very hard to search and store a nice station. In december 2022 I had to log on the Muvid again on my Wifi. I didn't know how to so I had to look up in the manual. I again read in the manual about the webpage I just mentioned. To my big suprise by clicking the link I got rerouted to www.smartradio.frontier-nuvola.net where I could make an account, register my Muvid and make a list of favorites.
November 2023 I got an E-mail from Frontier Nuvola that maybe the service would stop being free and the question was if I was willing to pay about 5 euro per year for continuing of the service. I answered that I was willing to do that. Last E-mail (february 2024) about the subject was this. I think untill now the service of Frontier Nuvola is great.
"Thanks for registering your interest for a subscription to the favourites portal. We wanted to update you on the latest developments.
We are in discussions with the device Brand owners to find a way to keep the Favorites Portal running, without any additional cost to end-users. Discussions are progressing well, and we are confident that an agreement will be reached. Unless you hear back from us, please assume that the service shall continue operating as-is."
By the way: your Philips 673 is awesome.
curious - is nuvola offering streaming at higher bitrates?
yes, the ah673 is an awesome tuner. i have way too many tuners; i need to "thin the school of tuna", heh!
glad you're able to now use your internet tuna; my grace-link and fip.fr has meant that my analog tuners, turntable andd cd set-up don't get nearly as much use these days.
doug s.
Hoewieloewie
Active Member
Hello. Don't know. I think they only offer a service to manage favorites. Quick look for example rockstations: bitrate up to 192 kbit/s. But maybe you can explore: www.srsupport.frontier-nuvola.net/portal/en/home
doug s.
Super Member
i queried them when i was considering which tuner to buy; i just thought you might know. there are many internet stations offering >192kbps...
http://radiobit.50webs.com/
doug s.
lorne
Sonic Lizard
Too many! Pioneer, Sansui, Kenwood, Sony. Most of them were purchased in the great early 90's analogue 'sell-off' for just a few dollars. All have gone now except for:
• Sansui TU-207 / 217: the differential refers to the export version and the Japanese version. The former is tuned to the Japanese bandwidth. (Let's not forget that Japan was a major radio broadcasting enthusiast in the pioneering days of radio. Japanese electronics nerds were building their own radios. Hence the country developed its own frequency broadcasting bandwidth. This bare bones Sansui tunes to AM and FM frequencies. The TU-217 iteration does not even have dial lights, but its handsome. The all black 'box' and cream dial is very attractive. This tuner has excellent sound. In the Tuner Information Center shootouts, it gained honors for its euphonic sound on strong stations.
• Pioneer TX-8800II - similar to the export TX-8500II. I think that this tuner is underestimated ... possibly due to a stale sense among audio fans that Pioneer was a mass market attractor. This apprehension has been redressed in recent years due to specific grail items — in particular the 'Spec' gear and TOTL receivers. Anyway, IMO this tuner in good nick delivers a balanced nuanced, and articulate sound. It's a c.1976 model in the iconic Silver Face construction. It's dimensions will make for precise stacking on many of the integrated Pioneer amps of the period.
Dynaco FM-3: For nearly 20 years I listened daily to CBC FM broadcasts — day and night. Nearly every genre had its hour or two sometime or another. My unit was a factory assembled version and ran faithfully on the same tubes for all this time. In the early 90's I shipped it here to Japan to where I moved from Canada . A tube audio constructor took a great deal of trouble to convert the radio to the Japanese bandwidth. A few parts were changed out and some tubes replaced. It performed excellently with its distinctive sound until the multi-filter-can finally started buzzing. I've worked on it since but have not completed some rewiring. The FM-3 has huge fans, perhaps for the rich sound it puts out and it's sort of natural portrayal of space. I intend to get mine working again and run it with out a hood. Of course it must run on a Xformer, but our local 50 Hz VAC supply makes 60 Hz-only stuff run pretty hot ... especially during humid Japanese summers.
And ... over the years I seem to have acquired two other FM-3's for free — untouched AFAIK. I'm rich in FM-3's, but they don't work here in the Land of the Rising Mold without heroic conversion.
Over the decades, FM broadcasting has taught me a lot about many genres of music, as well as culture and sensibility. It's a great tragedy that this media has been reduced in many regions due to digital compression and careless broadcasting. Still, where good stations continue to exist, radio is a huge and wondrous source of music.
• Sansui TU-207 / 217: the differential refers to the export version and the Japanese version. The former is tuned to the Japanese bandwidth. (Let's not forget that Japan was a major radio broadcasting enthusiast in the pioneering days of radio. Japanese electronics nerds were building their own radios. Hence the country developed its own frequency broadcasting bandwidth. This bare bones Sansui tunes to AM and FM frequencies. The TU-217 iteration does not even have dial lights, but its handsome. The all black 'box' and cream dial is very attractive. This tuner has excellent sound. In the Tuner Information Center shootouts, it gained honors for its euphonic sound on strong stations.
• Pioneer TX-8800II - similar to the export TX-8500II. I think that this tuner is underestimated ... possibly due to a stale sense among audio fans that Pioneer was a mass market attractor. This apprehension has been redressed in recent years due to specific grail items — in particular the 'Spec' gear and TOTL receivers. Anyway, IMO this tuner in good nick delivers a balanced nuanced, and articulate sound. It's a c.1976 model in the iconic Silver Face construction. It's dimensions will make for precise stacking on many of the integrated Pioneer amps of the period.
Dynaco FM-3: For nearly 20 years I listened daily to CBC FM broadcasts — day and night. Nearly every genre had its hour or two sometime or another. My unit was a factory assembled version and ran faithfully on the same tubes for all this time. In the early 90's I shipped it here to Japan to where I moved from Canada . A tube audio constructor took a great deal of trouble to convert the radio to the Japanese bandwidth. A few parts were changed out and some tubes replaced. It performed excellently with its distinctive sound until the multi-filter-can finally started buzzing. I've worked on it since but have not completed some rewiring. The FM-3 has huge fans, perhaps for the rich sound it puts out and it's sort of natural portrayal of space. I intend to get mine working again and run it with out a hood. Of course it must run on a Xformer, but our local 50 Hz VAC supply makes 60 Hz-only stuff run pretty hot ... especially during humid Japanese summers.
And ... over the years I seem to have acquired two other FM-3's for free — untouched AFAIK. I'm rich in FM-3's, but they don't work here in the Land of the Rising Mold without heroic conversion.
Over the decades, FM broadcasting has taught me a lot about many genres of music, as well as culture and sensibility. It's a great tragedy that this media has been reduced in many regions due to digital compression and careless broadcasting. Still, where good stations continue to exist, radio is a huge and wondrous source of music.
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Bill Spula
New Member
Tuners I possess are: Sony ST SA5ES, ST S333ESXII, ST 5000W, ST 5000FW, ST 5150.
Yes.
lorne
Sonic Lizard
I once had a Sony ST-5130, big brother to the ST-5150. I really liked its rich sound. The apparently shared tech between the 5130 and 5150 should provide you with some very nice sound.
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FauxHall
Super Member
Agreed as to the goodness of this tuner.
That was the first standalone tuner I bought when I was getting back into a decent stereo system back about 2001. I found it at Goodwill store in Silicon Valley for $35. I foolishly flipped it for about $200 so I could get a Marantz 4300 receiver.
I have been slowly thinning the herd, but still have too many tuners:
1x Sansui TU-505
3x Sansui TU-919
1x Sansui TU-719
1x Sansui TU-9900
1x Sansui TU-666 and 777
1x Sansui T-80
2x Sansui TU-D99X
1x Luxman TX-101
Plus a nice Technics digital from around 83-84, the model of which escapes me. And that doesn't even scratch my collection of receivers.
Problem is, I have matching integrated and/or pre/power amps to go with every one of the tuners above, as well as other matched components in some cases. I hate the idea of breaking up a set, and have always been a "completeist" when assembling a matched system. That said, in the last 4-5 years, I have sold off probably 7-8 "extra" tuners (meaning no specific mating amp or other gear to match it), including another TU-719 and 919 and a Yamaha CT-710.
1x Sansui TU-505
3x Sansui TU-919
1x Sansui TU-719
1x Sansui TU-9900
1x Sansui TU-666 and 777
1x Sansui T-80
2x Sansui TU-D99X
1x Luxman TX-101
Plus a nice Technics digital from around 83-84, the model of which escapes me. And that doesn't even scratch my collection of receivers.
Problem is, I have matching integrated and/or pre/power amps to go with every one of the tuners above, as well as other matched components in some cases. I hate the idea of breaking up a set, and have always been a "completeist" when assembling a matched system. That said, in the last 4-5 years, I have sold off probably 7-8 "extra" tuners (meaning no specific mating amp or other gear to match it), including another TU-719 and 919 and a Yamaha CT-710.
Pretty impressed so far with my new-to-me Sansui TU-S9. Pretty quiet even on KBAQ, the IBOC station from hell. The little trace of noise can be eliminated by the "Noise Canceler" circuit, but I usually don't need it. Closer in sound to the Onkyo T-9090 and Pioneer TX-9500 II than it is to my tube tuners.
Pecrobet
Pecrobet
I own a Kenwood KT-9900 and numerous other tuners. I'm looking to unload some of mine to.Marantz Esotec ST-8
Marantz Esotec ST-7
Marantz 2130
Marantz 120B
Marantz 2020
Marantz 115B (2)
Marantz 112 (2)
Marantz 110 (2)
Marantz 105
Marantz 104
Kenwood KT-8007
(using it at work, with 1040 Marantz amp)
(best of the Kenwoods, or Pioneers, or Sansui's I've had)
Recently sold a couple of Marantz tuners, a Kenwood tuner, a Technics tuner, a Sony, and a Pioneer, so that's it for now!
Does a tuner in a console count? I have one of those.
Need to sell some more I guess!
