In Reply to: Expensive tuners posted by JoeRB on February 12, 2010 at 00:31:18:
TOP: Office "system"- more of an audio "clutter" than system, 2005 (Audio Research LS3 > D130) trying out McIntosh MR67 and MR77, and Revox B160 tuners
BELOW: Another proper tuner: Rohde and Schwartz EMS broadcast tuner (tube mono) in the popular semi-rust finish
JoeRB,
There is already of course digital broadcasting- Sirius, but there are so many millions of analogue radios in cars and homes, I imagine it will be many years before it's all digital. My thought is that analogue FM will last longer than I have reasonably useful hearing. Even then there will probably be audiophile digital to analogue tuner/converters.
Good tuners are such a pleasure- and though I've never heard one, the REL Precedent you show is one of my ideals- that how a proper tuner should look! Plus- the Rodhe above is about right too. I looked for one of those for a long time, but were always just too expensive- plus they need a stereo decoder.
In 2005 I decided to "settle" on a good tuner and ended up buying three: McIntosh MR67, MR77, and Revox B160. The MR67 was the clear winner and I had it completely refurbished, had a wood cabinet redone, and replaced all the tubes with the best NOS I could find- fantastic!
The real problem in my view with spending a lot on a tuner ios that the quality of FM broadcasting is declining in terms of content. We have really just one Classical station now in Los Angeles- KUSC 91.5 and it has gone so stupid and commercial that during the recent fund drive I thought to phone in and ask them to send ME money for having to endure the idiocy!
Sure, go ahead and get that Precedent! You and I will be museum pieces before it,..
Cheers,
Bambi B
[Tuners: Marantz 2235 and 2274 receivers, Scott 330D 1959, McIntosh MX110 tuner/preamp 1965, MR67 1964, MR77 1977, and Revox B160 1989 ]
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Follow Ups
- Digital broadcasting already exists. The problem is the declining content quality ! - Bambi B 02/13/1009:01:35 02/13/10 (4)
- RE: Digital broadcasting already exists. The problem is the declining content quality ! - highendfan 17:41:42 03/29/10 (0)
- RE: Digital broadcasting already exists. The problem is the declining content quality ! - gillespoirson 03:43:42 03/10/10 (0)
- FM broadcasting is the problem - JoeRB 11:12:23 02/13/10 (1)
- RE: FM broadcasting is the problem - Ruinthere@sbcglobal.net 12:37:38 03/12/10 (0)