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In Reply to: RE: How Many Tuners Do You Own? posted by eleiko2@verizon.net on August 15, 2015 at 07:18:41
The good news is my Rotel RHT-10 is probably my last tuner ever for classical music. However my other tuners sound better for headphone listening on my local jazz station. I am trying to start the winnowing process to get down to just two but it will take a long time. I went on an acquisition binge when I was single. My prettiest tuner is unquestionably my Scott 4312. I need to do a shootout to see whether it is really better than my 312C. Then there are two tube McIntoshes and four Sherwoods, a Sanyo, an Eico and a Knight. I've got my work cut out for me! I used to spend time doing shootouts and posting them online but it's hard to make the time now. Oh, I forgot the Citation III-x and the Nakamichi 430. My Hitachi FT-007 isn't my best-sounding tuner but has the best signal level indicator.
Edits: 08/22/15Follow Ups:
One of my Sherwoods is a mono 3000 fitted with a Bob Fitzgerald MPX decoder. On my local jazz station with headphones, I prefer my pure-tube tuners. My local classical station, KBAQ, has terrible noise on many tuners despite a strong signal. I suspect IBOC (HD Radio) is to blame. The Fitzgerald MPX decoder handles KBAQ well with nice quiet reception.
That's about the only thing you can do, if the station is using IBOC.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
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all the best,
mrh
Thanks for the reply. I don't envy you your tuner shoot-out. I made the mistake of shipping my tuner for a repair job that will more than likely cost more than an ebay purchase of another tuner, including the model I already shipped.
It's a tough job but someone's got to do it :-). The 2300 in the photo is already gone; although it has the Fet/Microcircuit configuration, I found that I preferred the 3300. I also have an SEL-300 with a display issue I hope to get fixed up eventually. No Sherwood will leave the collection without a fair trial :-).
Denon TU-800L
Kenwood L-1000T
Yamaha T-2
Sony XDR-F1HD
Yamaha T-85 (in the spare room)
Kenwood KT-1100SD (in the spare room)
Sony ST-SA5ES (with a friend as it needs looking at)
So that's 7.
Hey Nick, what's your best dxer? the 1100SD? Didn't you have a KT-6040 at one point?
Hi dxho. The KT-1100SD is modified with 150 and 110 kHz filters in the narrow/super narrow positions so that may have a very slight edge. Maybe not though, as the L-1000T has 8 filters against the 1100SD's 5. They are comparable I would say. The L-1000T sounds better to my ears.
I've never had a KT-6040 but I expect it would have similar performance to the L-1000T for DXing.
Regards,
Nick
Thanks! Still gathering information about dx tuners, even though I have some nice ones.
Edits: 09/05/15
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