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In Reply to: RE: Tuner Tech posted by Supercool! on April 14, 2016 at 05:59:12
I'm going to level with you..Very few tube tuners outside of the Scott 4310 or the Marantz 8B,or the Mac MR71,are worth taking to a shop because the hourly rate is going to far exceed the value of the tuner in most cases. Like 6BQ5 said,the Heathkit tuners were assembled by amateur kit builders with great success so if you can read your kit manual and are able to solder,all you have to do is change the obvious faulty components which would be things like bumblebee capacitors and out of tolerance resistors that you cam check with your ohmmeter.Once you do that,we can help you with the rest.
What model tuner do you have and what kind of problem are you having with it? These are what Heathkit tuners have been selling for on average.
Heathkit tube amps and tube preamps fetch big bucks tuners just don't have the broad appeal as a rule.
A friend you get for nothing,an enemy has to be bought
Edits: 04/17/16Follow Ups:
Hi Mike (or others), Would you add Scott 310E to that list of tube tuners worth tuning up?
It Depends on:i)IF the *station's are worth it, AND....
ii) IF and only IF you drive them real hard with a multi-path free signal. IE in most cases this needs a directional antenna aimed at the station -
iii) when any tube tuner is worth it. Because valve sound is worth it.
And there's more. We live in a world almost saturated with RF and EMI, especially our homes. Valve front ends do not get overloaded by such out of band signals.
*I do know that good sounding - not futzed with - FM is very rare in Nth America - I've visited, twice.
It is here too, but all cities have ABC Classic FM and at least one community or Music Broadcasting Society station.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Edits: 04/17/16
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