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In Reply to: RE: Can you suggest a decent used tuner for $100 posted by bboroski on December 16, 2014 at 09:36:21
Marantz ST-6000, Scott 312, Sherwood 2300, NAD 4150, Pioneer TX-6800, Kenwood KT-6500. In tubes, Dynaco FM-3, Scott 350, Sherwood 3000 (be sure to get a true stereo unit). The web site listed below is encyclopedic.
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The Kenwood KT-7500 tuner is a very good also. I picked one up through the Asylum Trdaer a couple years ago for a bit over $100.00.
Check the Asylum Trader often; if you see something interesting, check out its performance at the Tuner Information Center.
I forgot the Sony ST-J75 which has fans and often sells under $100. I did an Ebay search from $90 to $100 and found:
Carver TX-11, Denon TU-660, Scott LT-112, Harman Kardon Citation 23, and Heathkit AJ-1600. You can find a lot of good tuners at this price point.
I agree with Openmind that the Tuner Information Center is a great resource for tuner performance information. Find a few you like the performance and looks of, then start scouring ebay, audiogon, and the Asylum trader.
I've had great RF performance, and decent sound from a Yamaha T-80 (I own two of 'em), which I got for about half what you're looking to spend, if I remember correctly.
I just checked, and there's a Yamaha T-85 on ebay at the moment, with an opening bid of $50. According to Tuner Information Center the T-85 is even better than the T-80. No affiliation with the seller, etc.
Good luck finding what you want.
It's driven up the price of some thoroughly mediocre (without significant tweaking) tuners and passed by some of the best sounding of the lot.
Just my opinion, of course. I care much more about how they sound than about their sensitivity and selectivity. The latter can often be fixed, in most locales, with a good high-gain directional antenna mounted as high as practical and aimed down the throat of the desired station.
Conversely, IMO, nothin' fixes lousy sound that doesn't involve a soldering iron (if even possible)...
all the best,
mrh
Sorry about the late reply.
As with most things on the Internet, I try to use TIC as a reference, not as gospel.
Regarding prices, again, the Internet has been a detriment there. I remember picking up a mint Dynaco ST-70 for $100 (with Mullards), finding GE 6550 tubes for $5, etc. at ham fests. But that was pre-Internet.
We now have vast resources of information (both factual and fictional) at our disposal, but the cat is out of the bag on what's good and what it's worth. No more finding 50¢ LPs at garage sales, at least for me.
Totally agree. I am sparing you my rant against that site (already typed but not posted!). You are being polite. Knowledgeable and even slightly experienced people can rip that site's info apart, all the points you touched on and more.
I truly get the impression that site is designed to enable people to sell "rare" crap that they've gotten cheaply and "modded" for much more than it's worth.
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