Yeah, and you have amassed quite a nice collection there.

Jorge

I'll probably get a lot of flack over this, but I've never considered FM a particularly good source for serious listening. The best it can hope to be is a close approximation of the source material being broadcast. The better the tuner, the better that approximation, IMHO.

There's no question there are tuners out there that are better than others, but I've never heard one that actually "blew away" the other.

When I first switched from "ordinary" stereo equipment, to high-end, I used the tuner portion of a Lafayette receiver until I could afford the then $500 price tag of a Luxman tuner. When I finally did purchase that Luxman, and replaced the Lafayette receiver, the primary differences that I noted were a complete lack of interstation noise (Lafayette's tuners were OK, but their FM muting circuits stunk); a delightful "feel" to the large tuning knob; the ease with which I could spin the tuning knob all across the tuning dial; and the manner in which the station indicator blinked continuously until the station was found, and then stayed on steadily. Insofar as the sound, however, I noticed only a slight improvement. Considering the fact that the Luxman tuner alone cost as much as the Lafayette 4-channel receiver, I was expectiong a good deal more.

I've gone through several tuners since the Luxman, and am presently using a TOTL Parasound unit. Still, I rarely listen to FM. Digiital tuners do a vastly superior job of locking onto a station's broadcast frequency and staying there (as opposed to the annoying "drift" of older models) but lack that intrinsic feel of quality of older units. And, no digital tuner has the pizzazz of a Marantz with an oscilloscope!

Again, just my 2 cents.

Just one a TU-717. I bought it just before leaving Denver. It did a great job pulling in the local jazz station. Now that I'm in the middle of no where there is nothing worth listening to. Still I like the way it looks.

cubdog

I think Itlldue would love to have a TU-717.

Jorge

I have two that I listen to-- A Pioneer TX-6800 and a Harmon Kardon TU-912

.........I have my eye on it.....................

and now my 2130 is wearin RHA1's!

schwiiinnnggg!

What a gorgeous toy you have there, greg.

Jorge

thanks fellas!

That's a very cool looking piece of audio stuff.
...but, one thing bothers me.... Why you took all of your pix in the kitchen ?
Do you have better light, there ?

Funny, I take most of my pics of single units in the kitchen too, for two reasons:

1- I got fluorescent lighting there, which is better diffused and whiter.

2- I have a reasonably large round white formica table which is a good background for audio equipment.

Jorge

Bolly,

I finally tip my hat to you

You have moved upscale with a very attractive and most desirable acquisition!

I am most envious and deeply jealous, for that I will have to get on your case about something... just give me some time!

Did you sell your left testicle for this gem? or was it your first and last born?

Great Score... not get a real antenna and ditch the aluminum foil hat:

http://zapatopi.net/afdb/


I know your looking for superior s/n by eliminating all Interconnects between the front and your rear end...

you gott it Alvaro, better light, and I'm a crappy photograper anyways so I need all the help I can get!

Gene, I've had the 2130 for about 2yrs now, bought her offa Grumpy with an alignment from Punker as well, it's the handles that are new to me. Thanks for the compliments Gene, this one is defiantely a keeper!

oh, and I'll be waiting

I have owned quite a number of tuners, including a Cyrus, but the best was a Magnum Dynalab ST 101. Sounding a lot like it, and for a LOT less money, was the Realistic TM 1001, which I used for a long, long time. Nowdays, I use a Toshiba tuner an audiobuddy gave me. Do tuners in receivers count? I have Denon, Onkyo (Super Servo), and Marantz. The Marantz is the center section of a Marantz boom box, the PMS 6500, and it can be used as a tuner/preamp, and that's good, as output power is very low. But I digress...

Laz