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Antenna and power conditioner

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BobP

In Reply to: RE: Vintage-ish Tuner Recommendations posted by DrD on May 28, 2008 at 18:14:55

DrD, regardless what you choose, this can make an astounding difference:

1. Roof antenna (or attic antenna) with motor

2. high quality 75 Ohm coax cable

3. Tuner plugged in into power filter/conditioner. Especially newer models have lousy power supplies.

4. High quality interconnects

5. Tuneup of the tuner, and sensible tweaks (e.g. disconnecting 300ohm balun)

If the airwaves are not too crowded around your favorite two stations, get a tube tuner for best results.

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RE: Antenna and power conditioner - DrD 11:30:18 05/29/08 (0)
thanks much... no attic, and no roof access (condo)

what is a typical output voltage/Zout for old tube and newer solid scrape. There is a beater Marantz 112 in ePay works fine but some of the lights are out. I am wondering how this might work as a stand-in? I once owned one and my recollections are quite positive. Neff has offered to style me out on an Eico, so it behooves me to possibly get a beater while I find something special. He is using his with tasty SET, so, no point in reinventing the wheel, on what works, IMO. Actually, I am beginning to think that with the tube headroom in a tube tuna, horns might be wildly fun to listen to orchestral thru. Either way, I am on a roll here. The DC Gold ND7's are great, just wish they were abit less hungry.

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