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In Reply to: Tuners posted by jcmusic on November 11, 2006 at 20:13:31:
The two best sounding stereo tuners I 'know well' are the converted Pioneer stereo Rcvr at Patrick Turner's. And the Kenwood simulcast* rcvr he redid for me with its power amps retained, with a kit decoder and good (huge mF ps things) coupling caps.they both make listening to 2 high quality FM stations almost 'a dooty' as in duty. low/zero DR compression, zero/some processing,
classical(some Jazz)/lots of stuff.
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/daily/stories/s1768613.htm - NATIONAL network /
and
http://www.artsoundfm.asn.au/.
the best MONO FM tuner I know well is a leak Troughie.
The best SS tuner? The early Sequerra the troughie's owner, picked up at an auction.
I have heard once / long time ago many good ss ones, for both bands.
the best sounding AM tuner I've owned, after being loaned another! was an AWE ss AM only wideband tuner, with a het.circuit, and a sunchronous one, and one other! plus filters and a woven indoor loop! and a clever christmas tree indicator, and a gain control!! No AGC!!! But Allen Wright has it back now - it gradually imploded.
MY old Kenwood* had two AM circuits - and the new combined one is only down 3db at 13 k, the soft-curve is a reasonable match to the NRSCA's curve, AM is also good down under {:~)} !
WarmestTimbo in Oz
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Generally agree with Timbo.As I look back... by far the most satisfying tuner and the one that sings as I tap this in at the moment is my beloved 10B, closely followed by my humble Leak Troughline with a Paravacini decoder - both tuners are set-up to better than new spec. and are fed by a very large aerial array and local transmitter and play thru' an all valve/horn main system - IMHO when it's about the musical message, solid state doessn't have a snowball's chance in hell of competing on live classical music broadcasts from BBC R3 - which is a world class source - period.
Enjoy
FW
Eh?yes, very definitely.
Several reasons.
zero copy generations cf other recorded media.
Simple real-stereo miking - as mike forests with audiences are unusual.
In our case down here there is NO processing and no dynamic range compression apart from gentle progressive peak-limiting on big orchestras and operas.
less happens to the signal, and that is why.
Even 2gen R2r and DAT! tapes of live concerts can be quite serious sources. Ask TAS' proprietor!
JAZZ? yes, most of the local festivals.
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