Sansui TU-9900 tuner

mrbigbluelight
mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
edited November 2010 in Electronics
On ebay, 19 hours to go, and it's already at $670.

I bet it will hit darn close to $1000.

Nice, nice tuner . {sigh}


http://cgi.ebay.com/Amazing-SANSUI-TU-9900-TU9900-AM-FM-Stereo-Tuner-MINT-/120639568520?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_2&hash=item1c16adba88


Well, back to scouring craigslist. :redface:
Sal Palooza
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,467
    edited November 2010
    I found a CL ad for a Sansui TU-X1 this summer under the ad title "old tuner," for $40 or so. My heart skipped a beat, I composed an email that didn't sound too desperate, and... heard nothing back. Sent a 2nd email, still nothing. Either someone got an amazing score, or (my personal theory) the person who wrote the ad was just goofing on a local friend that has high-end tuner lust.

    Oh well! Good luck with your searching.

    Jay
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  • eeagle
    eeagle Posts: 226
    edited November 2010
    Nice find for the OTA enthusiast. I wonder what the Vertical and Horizontal multipath outputs are all about?
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,878
    edited November 2010
    agfrost wrote: »
    I found a CL ad for a Sansui TU-X1 this summer under the ad title "old tuner," for $40 or so. My heart skipped a beat.
    Jay

    As well it should have ! :biggrin:

    The vertical and horizontal outputs are meant for hooking up an O-scope's inputs to align an outdoor antenna.
    With this tuner (and some other TOTL tuners), that's not just a bell-and-whistle function; it would/could actually be useful.
    Sal Palooza
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  • eeagle
    eeagle Posts: 226
    edited November 2010
    mrbigbluelight wrote: »
    As well it should have ! :biggrin:

    The vertical and horizontal outputs are meant for hooking up an O-scope's inputs to align an outdoor antenna.
    With this tuner (and some other TOTL tuners), that's not just a bell-and-whistle function; it would/could actually be useful.

    Thanks, seems like I can recall a seeing a classic tuner some years back with an O-scope built in for this purpose.

    In this day and age of HD Radio the FM multipath problem seems to pretty much go away.

    Interesting that the winner of this auction could have had the tuner for a $100 less with buy-it-now right from the beginning. Lucky seller.
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 27,035
    edited November 2010
    eeagle wrote: »
    Thanks, seems like I can recall a seeing a classic tuner some years back with an O-scope built in for this purpose.

    In this day and age of HD Radio the FM multipath problem seems to pretty much go away.

    Interesting that the winner of this auction could have had the tuner for a $100 less with buy-it-now right from the beginning. Lucky seller.



    Marantz made several tuners that had the O-scope built in.

    Buy it know was at least 599. from what i see, Still got a great tuner for the coin. Like always it will sound better with new caps,resisters and an alignment.
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