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RE: Finding a tech

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ancient tones

In Reply to: RE: Finding a tech posted by M3 lover on May 12, 2025 at 07:14:12

I have an experienced tech nearby. He is not into the mod thing, but he has brought several vintage items up to specs with power supply repair and replacing old caps. His shop is always an interesting place with high end gear on the shelves including Mcintosh gear.

I hate to be the guy to ask for a partial refund. He represented this MR74 as working and that he had played it for a few hours before it shipped. Which on a strong nearby station and warming up for a while it would certainly do. My station, though not the strongest, picks up on other tuners that I have had. That is quite a few, at least 10 or so.

Thank you M3 lover, I'll let you know what happens.

Chris

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MR67 MR74 Update - ancient tones 13:35:21 05/14/25 (2)
I got a partial refund on the MR74. It's a nice piece cosmetically, no rust or pitting and the glass is nice. I'll have to ship it, as my local tech no longer does alignments. I'm happy with this. Mike at RadioX tuners is probably where it will go. If it works out my Sony ST-5000F will go to him too.

It's funny that online people love certain brands or wouldn't have one. I need to try a Mcintosh sometimes so here it goes. I can always sell it.

Now the MR67 is a whole different story! Yikes! It has rust and pitting that was not obvious in the pictures. The supplied tubes include duplicates, probably meaning that some are bad. And there is still 5 tube sockets that no tube was included for. I realized that it was not perfect, but the description was way off. "Tested and working, this was taken from a working environment ". Rated as Very Good. Most of their stuff looks like it was aquired from estate sales or storage locker type buys. They have good feedback. I'm familiar with them so I'm pretty sure that they will take it back without a hassle.

I'm back to square one, looking for a tuner to tide me over while mine are in the shop.
- RE: MR67 MR74 Update - Rod M 11:20:14 05/19/25 (1)
  I had a MR74 and it was my best for tuning weak FM stations that wouldn't do as well as my Marantz 10Bs and Fisher 200B etc.
  
  Hopefully, the MR74 will be up to snuff after an alignment and recapping.
  
  OTOH, the tube tuners were sweeter sounding.
  
  -Rod
  - RE: MR67 MR74 Update - ancient tones 09:57:58 05/21/25 (0)
    Thanks for the kind words Rod. Shipping the MR74 out tomorrow. I really like tubes too. Got to get the Sherwood S3000 refurbished next.
    
    I hopefully have a place holder tuner coming in soon. Shipping is not what it used to be. It always takes a day longer now. Will reveal when it gets here. Clue, it's a cheapo black face.

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