A Tuner In Your System?

[jdandy]

Originally Posted by skydog

This is my second unit, having had one 15-years or so ago. Never had a proper antenna until recently and decided purchase another due to its sound quality. Wow.....for $150.00 used this puts a hell of a lot of high-end tuners to shame. It's in perfect shape as well. I used to have a Mcintosh MR-77 a while back and while it was a great tuner, I never really listened to much else but cd's at the time. But this tuner sounds every bit as good, if not better than the Mac. I got tired of poor reception with the indoor antennas and decided to install a rooftop Yagi......it is very windy where I live and thankfully my attic is big enough and decided to mount it there,,,,all 8-feet of it! I do also have a Winegard preamp which really helps with the cable run. Even with the loss of signal power in the attic (a supposed 30-40%) it pulls in stations with ease, even WEGW (a great Rock station by the way) out of West Virginia ( I live in Pittsburgh) which is about 50-miles or so from me and a not too powerful of a station. Don't overlook this Gem for the used market asking price.

regards,

Tom

Tom.......You are right about the Sony 730ES AM/FM Stereo Tuner. That is one of the best tuners Sony every produced. I owned the 730ES for years and loved it. I sold it last year because I had way too many tuners and I wasn't using it, but I regret that I no longer own it. The Sony 730ES has many very useful control features that I like and its sound was excellent. I should have kept it.

[chessman]

You guys are making me want a tuner and we only have a handful of crappy stations around here.

[skydog]

I have really been enjoying this unit........Full, rich sound from the bottom to the top. Some very impressive specs as well.

[Vintage Pete]

Originally Posted by chessman

You guys are making me want a tuner and we only have a handful of crappy stations around here.

Randy.....don't even think about it, just get one!!

My favorite flavor is McIntosh, but there are quite a few others that strike my fancy too.

Pete

[Masterlu]

Originally Posted by chessman

You guys are making me want a tuner and we only have a handful of crappy stations around here.

Get a good outdoor antenna and you'll pull in stations from the next state.

[skydog]

Happy B.Day by the way!

best regards,

Tom

Originally Posted by skydog

I have really been enjoying this unit........Full, rich sound from the bottom to the top. Some very impressive specs as well.

AllegroSound * Sony ST-S730ES *

I really love the great vintage tuners of the late 80's and early 90's. I remember drooling over the Onkyo Integra range, especially the TA2090 deck & T9090 II tuner. Although my next tuner will probably be an Accuphase T-1100

[jdandy]

David.......Oh Yeah, Baby!

Originally Posted by jdandy

David.......Oh Yeah, Baby!

I have big wraps on the Accuphase as well. I'm lucky, in my apartment building we have a dedicated FM aerial on the roof with a hard wired FM aerial connection behind my racks. As a result, radio reception is excellent. I plan to spend a good bit of money optimizing it as well & plan on using some Jorma Origo cables & a Jorma digital cable to run it dac-out to my cd player. Wow, and I think back to my first tuner; a Cambridge Audio T-500 which I really enjoyed, but the Accuphase will kill it!

[Ritmo]

Beautiful Accuphase!

I'm not inclined to add a tuner to my system. I get a lot of Internet stations via the Apple TV -> ARC DAC8. Terrific music from all over the world.