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In Reply to: RE: Sansui TU-X1 best-sounding modded tuner? posted by aarocks on September 07, 2016 at 13:07:05
What about the Marantz 10B?
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I believe the shoot-out deliberately did not include tube tuners.
LowIQ
The Marantz 10B was, and remains, a rich man's toy. Ask Mike Samra about the serious maintenance issues.
If you want to go tubed, think hard about a Dyna FM3 in good repair. Not particularly expensive and good sounding. You will need a decent antenna.
Eli D.
+1 If you spending that kind of money then the X1 is much more reliable. Since you're talking serious money and your priority seems to be SQ don't ignore the Accuphase T1100. Keep in mind that any of the great tuners are solely dependent on the quality of the broadcast signal and the resolution of the system its feeding. What good is a tuner that's flat down to 20 Hz when you're feeding speakers that roll off at 50Hz. I've had the discussion about this or that tuner that was bass shy only to find out that it was feeding a 2 way speaker with a 6" woofer.
HA
muy dispace.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
Hi Tim,
What you said was/is eminently correct, I probably should have stated it better myself. A more succinct statement would be that the "quality of the received signal" in lieu of the broadcast signal.
Without a good set of ears up in the air everything else is just whitewash.
By the way what are you using now a days for a tuner?
Again, no blood no foul.
Regards,
HA
ps How about a little eye candy
My serious system's 'tunah' - is a rebuilt simulcast rcvr with the power amps off.
It has a magic eye valve SS meter, and a three LED centre tuning indicator. A valve front-end with a Foster-Seeley detector, an overbuilt SS power supply - and an SS MPX kit by "Studio 12" from the UK, which feeds a twin triode valve in cathode-follower mode.
It's now driven real hard by the new antenna for which see my recent post.
It also has a wide audio bandwidth AM (-3db @ 13khz) stage. Driven by a 'random wire' antenna tuned with a vane-cap and a coil. I will probably go with the tune-able Crane AM item, which I will have to import.
I don't listen critically/closely elsewhere in the house. FM / HT receivers. We have three FM wall plates in the house.
But on both the FM stations I bother with, and into all these other FM stages in use, we are in full limiting. Very quiet.
I do own one other tuner, an old analogue-dial Rotel (324?.) Not in use.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
As FM is sent out signal quality is primary, but then comes the antenna's suitability for the task for that station and the owner's home location, and to provide a multipath free signal of sufficient strength to fully quieten the tuner, or fully limit it.
And the room/system's quality next.
IME valve FM front ends benefit most from a good selective antenna.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
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