Sansui Tu-517

thebluemonkey
thebluemonkey Posts: 190
edited October 2010 in For Sale (FS) Classifieds
I have a real nice tu-517 tuner for sale or trade. It works perfect tunes stations great and looks nice also has a few light scratches on top but
nothing major. Im asking $100 or i would trade for a digital tuner,wife
dose not like spinning the dial to find her stations.tu-517002.jpg
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,502
    edited September 2010
    I scanned the listing fast and thought you were saying you would trade it for a digital tuner or a wife! :D

    That's a mighty fine tuner at a great price.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,469
    edited September 2010
    Have you got the rack handles for it, by any chance? Nice tuna! A near visual match to the TA-500 receiver I just bought--the black faceplate/ivory dial is so beautiful, IMO. Good luck with sale.

    Jay
    Jay
    SDA 2BTL * McCormack DNA 0.5 amp * Oppo BDP-93 * Modded Adcom GDA-600 DAC * Rythmik F8 (x2)
    Micro Seiki DQ-50 * Hagerman Cornet 2 Phono * A hodgepodge of cabling * Belkin PF60
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  • thebluemonkey
    thebluemonkey Posts: 190
    edited September 2010
    Yep I have the handles
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,045
    edited September 2010
    Very nice tuna...but I've got to ask Shes going to like holding a button down to tune her station? I don't get ? get her a yamaha tx930 and set it to the .10 fine tuning setting she be spinning that dial all day to get to her station. She have you set that back up in no time :):D
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  • billbillw
    billbillw Posts: 7,538
    edited September 2010
    pitdogg2 wrote: »
    Very nice tuna...but I've got to ask Shes going to like holding a button down to tune her station? I don't get ? get her a yamaha tx930 and set it to the .10 fine tuning setting she be spinning that dial all day to get to her station. She have you set that back up in no time :):D

    The TX-930 has 24 station presets, so why would his wife be spinning the dial?

    BTW, very little difference between the TU-517 and the well known TU-717. Nearly identical on the inside. These tuners are stellar with a few mods and an alignment.

    I'm tempted, but right now, I'm trying to thin down the heard and I'm doing fine with my Sony SA5ES tuner.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,502
    edited September 2010
    thebluemonkey wrote: »
    Yep I have the handles

    The handles alone generally bring $50 on eBay and you should consider listing them separately.
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
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    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,502
    edited September 2010
    Exactly halfway down this page at http://www.classicsansui.net/Tuners.htm, the publisher describes and shows images documenting how close this TU-517 is to the 717 which is one of the top rated sounding tuners out there.

    Someone should jump on this.

    and for a very reasonable investment http://www.radioxtuners.com (on fmtunerinfo.com's recommended list) you can have this rig made to run with the biggest dogs on the planet that sell for 10+ times the money!
    VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
    Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
    TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
    Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
    Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
    MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
    Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
    PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
    Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
    NAD SS rigs w/mods
    GIK panels
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  • thebluemonkey
    thebluemonkey Posts: 190
    edited September 2010
    I would even consider a preamp tuner combo, the 517 is just sitting here be nice if someone could use more then me
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,343
    edited September 2010
    I may be interested...couple of questions:
    - Do all lights work?
    - How wide is it with the rack handles installed?
    - Has it been serviced or had an alignment?

    Thanks for your time. I do have a Denon TU-1500RD that I would consider trading. It is remote controllable and also displays the name of the stations and songs. Really sweet tuner that is rated very high at FM tuner.com.

    Thanks for your time.
    Eric.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,045
    edited September 2010
    The TX-930 has 24 station presets, so why would his wife be spinning the dial?


    well someone has to set the pre-sets first so yes someone would have to spin the tuning dial. By the way it was a joke:D::p
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,045
    edited September 2010
    Conradicles wrote: »
    I may be interested...couple of questions:
    - Do all lights work?
    - How wide is it with the rack handles installed?
    - Has it been serviced or had an alignment?

    Thanks for your time. I do have a Denon TU-1500RD that I would consider trading. It is remote controllable and also displays the name of the stations and songs. Really sweet tuner that is rated very high at FM tuner.com.

    Thanks for your time.
    Eric.


    this would be a good trade I'd go for it.
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,343
    edited September 2010
    Conradicles wrote: »
    I am interested...couple of questions:
    - Do all lights work?
    - Has it been serviced or had an alignment?

    Looking at the spec sheet I answered one of my own questions about the width with rack handles.

    Can you answer the other 2 questions?
    Thanks!:)
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  • thebluemonkey
    thebluemonkey Posts: 190
    edited September 2010
    All the lights work and to my knowledge i dont know if it has ever been serviced. But it works without a hickup and holds stations with out any drift
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,343
    edited September 2010
    I'll take it. Let me know if you want to trade or you just want the $100. The Denon is worth a bit more than $100, but I'll still trade to a Polkie.:)
    Thanks,
    Eric.
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  • thebluemonkey
    thebluemonkey Posts: 190
    edited September 2010
    pm me and we can discuss it
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,343
    edited September 2010
    PM sent...
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,343
    edited September 2010
    Thanks for the great deal! Let me know where to send the PayPal money...
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  • Conradicles
    Conradicles Posts: 6,343
    edited September 2010
    Conradicles wrote: »
    Thanks for the great deal! Let me know where to send the PayPal money...

    I am going to back out due to the Seller not having a PayPal account.

    Somebody grab this sweet vintage tuner!!!
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  • mmcgill829
    mmcgill829 Posts: 19
    edited October 2010
    To the original poster,
    Like Conradicles, I would jump on this right now if you had a PayPal account. I'd even pay the extra for shipping.

    Email me if you wind up getting one and want to sell this. mmcgill829@gmail.com.

    Great deal
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  • usp1
    usp1 Posts: 207
    edited October 2010
    mmcgill829 wrote: »
    To the original poster,
    Like Conradicles, I would jump on this right now if you had a PayPal account. I'd even pay the extra for shipping.

    Email me if you wind up getting one and want to sell this. mmcgill829@gmail.com.

    Great deal

    I was next in line after Conradicles but backed out for the same reason!
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  • messiah
    messiah Posts: 1,790
    edited October 2010
    Free bump for the seller cuz I think paypal sucks!!
    "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
    Benjamin Franklin, February 17th, 1775.

    "The day that I have to give up my constitutional rights AND let some dude rub my junk...well, let's just say that it's gonna be a real bad day for the dude trying to rub my junk!!"
    messiah, November 23rd, 2010
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited October 2010
    I had one of these babies & it was suhweet!
    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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  • cincycat13
    cincycat13 Posts: 888
    edited October 2010
    Did you get my PM sent yesterday morning?
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