Best tuner ever made?
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ex brickie
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So what did the OP buy in the end?
I’ve owned a few high end tuners including the NAT01 and Sansui TU-9900 (with replaced caps etc). With a very good aerial they are all very good. I can’t say that the extra cost of one over the other is entirely justified.
In fact the Kenwood KT 5020 is in the top 10 and I have one of those spare. Fabulous tuners for tiny money
Before I sold my TU 9900 I did an A/B with my Rega Radio. Very little in it so it was time to cash in
That said, if I had lots of spare dish I wouldn’t mind trying a Magnum Dynalab
I’ve owned a few high end tuners including the NAT01 and Sansui TU-9900 (with replaced caps etc). With a very good aerial they are all very good. I can’t say that the extra cost of one over the other is entirely justified.
In fact the Kenwood KT 5020 is in the top 10 and I have one of those spare. Fabulous tuners for tiny money
Before I sold my TU 9900 I did an A/B with my Rega Radio. Very little in it so it was time to cash in
That said, if I had lots of spare dish I wouldn’t mind trying a Magnum Dynalab
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
I remember ogling them as a school boy in the window of the town tv and audio shop.I had one of them, together with an ST88 Amp in the Seventies. They weren't the highest fidelity, but as you have said they were great to look at and use.
Jack
I have both of those Sony things. The amp is faulty but the tuner works fine. The amp is partially in bits, and I look at it thinking that if I take any more of it apart it may never go back together - too many components crammed in to too small a space, and at the end of the day, more mid-fi than hi-fi. Worth fixing? Probably if I can find a spare month.
canonman
pfm Member
Unlikely to ever find out, he's not posted since 2014.
effinity
pfm Member
What a shame, who knows what happened to him, hope he's ok.
Ah well, hours of fun for the rest of us!
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
When I was a teenager, I remember going into see the family GP and he was cutting an obituary out of the local paper and putting it in a scrapbook.
AudioAl
pfm Member
Yes it is , Only just aquired the unit it does work , not had time to fully test it yet
effinity
pfm Member
A bit cryptic but presumably that was'nt in 2014?
AudioAl
pfm Member
Only used it with the inbuilt aerial and it tuned into 5 live sport no problem
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
Ha! It was Canonman’s comment that made that pop into my mind- I was going to ask if he was a keen reader of the obituary section of his newspaper.
Bob McC
Living the life of Riley
Wasn’t called Shipman was he?
Wolfmancatsup
Empire State Human
Ooh yes, I had the tuner - first tuner I ever owned. Gave it to a mate when I changed to an Armstrong 6xx some years later.I had one of them, together with an ST88 Amp in the Seventies. They weren't the highest fidelity, but as you have said they were great to look at and use.
Jack
Gervais Cote
Predator
I bought a Creek T40 with spare change, replaced all the capacitors with better quality (Elna Silmic for most of them) and it sounds great, not sure I need more than that.......
I also have a highly modified Kenwood KT 8300 that sounds more natural and transparent with a very good sensitivity for the basement and when there is a live show on the radio, it’s just like if we were there !
I never heard an Accuphase though but I don’t feel the need to go to this extra step.
I also have a highly modified Kenwood KT 8300 that sounds more natural and transparent with a very good sensitivity for the basement and when there is a live show on the radio, it’s just like if we were there !
I never heard an Accuphase though but I don’t feel the need to go to this extra step.
