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In Reply to: RE: No posted by 1973shovel on November 01, 2023 at 07:15:08
The challenge is getting one from the Bay that is in excellent condition. Pretty much every seller is going to claim that their unit sounds great and works perfectly.I purchased an FM3 that was advertised as working perfectly. Nope. (I am doing a restoral)
Then I bought the F90, again, the claim was working perfectly. Yes, for about 20 minutes. After about 20 minutes it starts to generate loud popping noises. (I am doing a restoral)
And I bought a Marantz that was also advertised as working great. LOL this one was obvious, the digital display was frozen. The tuner could be tuned but you never could see from the display which station you had tuned to, or what other settings were in play. (I got a full refund for that).
So be prepared unless you are willing to pay through the nose from a highly skilled restoral expert to have difficulty finding a vintage tuner that works as you would like...
Oh yes, I also bought two Sont -STJ75s. One works great, the other has the common - for that tuner - defect where loud bass passages get muted. I have a plan for that one but no component replacement kit...
Edits: 11/01/23Follow Ups:
And today, many otherwise proficient electronic techs won't tackle tuner repair and alignment, since they have neither the equipment or expertise. I fear it's a dying art, but then so is quality FM itself, some might say.
Yes to both. I am lucky to have an excellent NPR classical station in range:KCNV 89.7
And I am line of sight to their antenna, so doubly lucky.
Many shows are really great and I am learning a lot about classical music. So much so that I started recording the shows to my Sony digital recorder. Probably a "redigitizing" but nothing I can do about that unless I want to record the shows on my Reel To Reels.
I have done the R2R recording in the past, it sounds lovely. But that's a lot of tape, the shows last for 4 hours at least.
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