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RE: A new Mac in the house

I have a 1700 as well, restored by a local tech (PS capacitor and cleaning of the switches.) See one of my oldest posts (I don't post very often)on the tuner forum describing the type of work he does. At my request, he altered the circuitry allowing the tube tuner section to be used as a separate tuner. The AUX input was changed to an output that can be fed into a pre-amp. I also have a Mac MR 71 tuner in a separate system. The 1700's sound as a stand-alone is surprisingly close to the MR 71's, lacking just a bit of the clarity and sound-staging of the 71. DX-ing of the 71 is also a bit better, but I have considered letting the 71 go and using the 1700 as my main tuner. Bought it off ebay for less than $600 and it included a near mint wooden cabinet. Total investment about $750. It really blows away a Marantz 2220B I was using in my bedroom system.
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