Tuner
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Here is a link to a TU-717 if you are still looking. He is a great seller. I have made many purchases and sold many items to them.
http://www.tmraudio.com/product/xx-384
No dig against the seller, but that strikes me as a premium price for an unrestored TU-717, which is what it seems to be. The peace of mind of dealing with an actual, established, respectable retailer with a good reputation -- as opposed to Joe Ebay -- certainly adds some value... but (strictly FWIW) I cannot see paying over $400 for a stock TU-717.
YMMV, of course.Offered today by The Music Room: One Sansui TU-717 AM/FM Tuner. This product has passed all of our rigorous quality assurance testing and is performing wonderfully. There was one lamp out which we replaced... everything on this tuner is working perfectly now...
Functional Notes: Operational condition of this Vintage tuner is excellent… fully tested and no issues found. Sound quality and performance are outstanding. Every item we offer for sale undergoes a thorough listening session and review of all functions. Buy with confidence.
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No problem. Just noticed it and knew it was being discussed in this thread. If you are interested I would send an offer. Aren't all sales negotiable? They usually are when I'm the buyer.2 Channel Rosso Fiorentino Volterra II, 2 REL Carbon Limited, Norma Revo IPA-140B, Lumin U2 Mini, VPI Prime w/SoundSmith Zephyr MIMC, Modwright PH 150, Denon DP-59l w/Denon DL-301MKII, WAY Silver 3 Ana+ Speaker Cables, WAY Silver 4+ Interconnect Cables, AudioQuest Niagara 7000 w/Dragon and Hurricane Power Cables
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I agree Mark but I would have a hard time with 300 in that state.
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I bought what looked like a brand new Parasound Ztuner V2 off Ebay for $95.00 works great. Looks like snot compared to the Sansui, but I would bet it functions way better being a modern piece of equipment.The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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motorhead43026 wrote: »I bought what looked like a brand new Parasound Ztuner V2 off Ebay for $95.00 works great. Looks like snot compared to the Sansui, but I would bet it functions way better being a modern piece of equipment.
that's a bold statement, some maybe.... most not so much. There are some real good tuners out there not just Sansui but Kenwood and Pioneer just to name a few had some gems that are hard to follow like old tubes the old radios had their own way better gems and most will never be better.
but way off topic for the OP Sorry. I'll bow out. -
^^was not intended to be a bold blanket statement, just an opinion^^The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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the problem with lots of "modern" FM tuners (dating back, unfortunately, to the mid 1960s) is that they, again unfortunately, just don't sound very good. The stations get all the blame (and there's no doubt that the quality of the compressed and highly EQ'd program material broadcast by many commercial stations is awful), but the audio cojones of lots of tuners just isn't (EDIT: aren't!) up to snuff. Lack of interest on all sides (the consumer audience, the stations, and the manufacturers), I reckon.
Typical massmarket component tuners since (roughly) the dawn of the solid state hifi era (mid-1960s) just have a "flat" (in the sense of two-dimensional) sound that lacks richness and resolution (by which i mean the ability to 'hear down into' complex musical performances) and just tend to sound artificial and unengaging :- (
It doesn't have to be thus -- there are still good sounding FM stations broadcasting good sounding programs... and a good sounding tuner can provide pretty amazing audio quality from them. Live or recorded live broadcasts tend to be the best, IMO/IME.
I just want to end my little screed :-P by noting that I am not saying that there are no good sounding solid state tuners, nor am I saying there are no good sounding modern tuners. In both of those categories, though, the examples are, by and large, neither common nor inexpensive. More's the pity.
Special mention has to go to Sony's rather fabled XDR-F1HD AM/FM/HD (!) tuner, which sounded pretty good stock and, by most accounts, can be made into something pretty special indeed with some judicious hot-rodding.
HD ("hybrid digital") radio didn't exactly catch on (I think streaming content pretty much sounded the death knell) and Sony discontinued the tuner pretty quickly... but the demand was/is pretty high in certain circles, and prices on the used market certainly reflect that!
An FYI-only example: http://www.amazon.com/Sony-XDR-F1HD-Radio-Discontinued-Manufacturer/dp/B00168Q248
Some sample comments on the Sony, as modified by Mike Williams ("Radio X" is his company): http://www.audioasylum.com/forums/tuner/messages/1/11405.html -
I agree Mark but I would have a hard time with 300 in that state.
As would I. And I doubt that the fellow's internet-listed price is that negotiable. -
I love Cheetos, I have not received a confirmation email yet, that tuner is most likely gone by now. Great discussion here guys, mark has made me rethink and maybe regret selling off all my vintage receivers, man I hate second guessing myself. Amazon has 3 of those sony tuners used for 300ish. Thanks for all the input, Bob.
