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98.71.129.174
Or that's what the ad copy says, anyway.
The ad was snipped from the May 1954 issue of High Fidelity magazine.
Using an inflation calculator, $360 in 1954 works out to be $3,168.21 in today's money. That was a chunk of change to drop back then. I'm told that most of them were sold to FM radio stations as broadcast monitors.
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The best ever made might be the Micro Sherwood CPU 100, which came out around 1979 and retailed for around $2,000. Never heard it but did see one listed on ebay a few years ago for what I recall was a reasonable price.
The Sherwood CPU was a FINE tuner. As was the MR-78.
Here are some pics of the Rhode Shwarz which "blew them all away. It was built like the US "cost no object" surveilence receivers. Some pics attached:
Charles
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all the best,
mrh
All right; you(se) got me. I'll come clean.
I had a IV-S that was modified with the PB head "wired" out into a Manley tape pre. Had Hum; which I was able to "reduce", then made up a "chart" of the various, multi-turn (Manley pre) pot settings for various tape speeds and EQ.
Sounded good, but not great. Pounce on that!
Charles
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...and prior to the de-emphasis network. The US FM broadcast standard permits astonishingly high frequencies to be transmitted, much higher than 40KHz. This capability is used for stereo transmissions as well as HD and data services.
Do agree that the two best tuners I have ever heard are the REL and the Rhode Schwarz - both at Romy's. The RS was "quieter".This was in downtown Boston so sensitivity was not an issue. RF gain control was turned way down and selectivity was also not a problem on the few classical stations we listened to.
BTW, my "list" includes the 10B, 4310, MR78/71, Tandberg and a number of others.
As I remember, the REL had my "built-in" stereo decoder.
Charles
Edits: 01/18/15
Do you have any opinions as to why Romy seemed to have such a visceral dislike for the REL. Personally never experience one so only have what I've read as a point of reference but Romy's take seems to be the outlier.
I don't remember the exact "timing" of his posts. He did have at least one REL, one of which was one that I had "done up" (retubed and aligned). Per his want, he tried "improving" one of them - don't remember the results. During a later visit, we either compared the Rhode Schwarz to it (thru an outboard decoder) or I brought along mine with a "built-in" decoder. In any case, tho to my ears they sounded very close (good frequency response and dynamics), the RS was "quieter" (better S/N ratio). Because (at the time?) Romy's normal listening level is up near the threshold of pain, the noise intruded on quiet passages.
The "sound" at his downtown location (he since moved to a NW suburb was stellar - the few classical stations he listened to (and recorded a LOT of live music from) was glorious. I understand that the Boston FM "situation" has changed significantly since then (5-7 years??)
Charles
O yeah - as you know, Romy has VISCERAL reactions to most everything. He'd be (is) a GREAT mentor tho.
Maybe it was the flat, wide-band nature of the IF amplifier stage but in my system, I have never heard better, more "solid" bass from any other tuner.
The Boston FM "situation" has changed, but not dramatically for the worse. There is a ton of HD crap around if you don't tune carefully. I have a Scott 310-E, listen to WHRB (32 mi) and WCRB(14 mi) exclusively (both classical) WHRB has a great signal, I prefer it, and their choice of music is more interesting, I get to hear things I don't own on vynyl. WCRB was taken over by WGBH (PBS) and people were worried what that would mean, it still carries live BSO performances from Symphony Hall and Tanglewood, and Live at the MET. So far so good. My antenna is an APS-13 with CM rotor.
Would love to get a REL, the chassis layout and shielding looks great. So far I'm satisfied with the 310-E and have tempered my tuna lust. Did bid on a 4310 once an am fortunate I lost :) I went over two grand and it went for over three while I was commuting home.
Macintosh will be coming out this year with HD ready tuner,,,Lets see what develops,,
OK I lied -- Can't wait to see their Elcaset offerings.
all the best,
mrh
I have an MR-78, Modaferrari modded back in his younger days. I love it and it has giving me great service until I discovered my Scotts (5 now). HD radio was a scam used to promote car radios. As Mac is now Clarion, I have no doubt that it will be a good unit. But I see no sound quality advantage to HD, other than allowing a myriad of low power repeaters to cover the market, while polluting the traditional analog bands with side-band bleed-through. With all respect, if you find a station with your music, good for you.
I've yet to hear a 4310, but one of the local gurus (CC) has a 310E which I did get to hear -- and the bass was, to a guy like me used to his little Sherwoods -- astonishing.
all the best,
mrh
Outlier is my opinion too..
nt
all the best,
mrh
In its day,,,maybe...Better ones have come along,,,Sequerra FM-1,, Marantz 10B,,MAC 78,,ETC ETC ETC a long list of great ones,,
who was not amused of what was the fuss about with this tuner...
If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well
(Proverb)
Gotta admire his blunt honesty and fearless mods to sacred circuits.
But his text reads like it was sent through an English-to-Chinese translator and then back the other way:
"It has a genital touch to sound – but it might be my mental pretendectomy to the tube’s nature of REL."
Romy the CAT was not amused,,and modified his unit..I agree with him..
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