FA: BEST FM DX TUNER (Yamaha - Rare)
 

RARE Yamaha TX-1000 AM/FM TUNER. A DX-er specialty:
For auction now on ebay (SUN JAN 18 to Sat Jan 24,2004)
Suited to DXers who want to grab weak FM signals other receivers just
can't get. Unmatched by ANY. Selectable bandwith and very fine tuning.
Unbeatable audiophile fidelity as well.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3072570149

You are a little bit off on that one..............the McIntosh MR78 is the
best FM Dx tuner, bar none. The next best tuner might be the top of the line
Magnum Dynalab, perhaps followed by the Onkyo 9090, the Marantz
10B.................it would be a good idea to do some research, before
using those kinds of superlatives.
As a matter of fact, I don't know if there is any FM tuner on the market
that can handle 12 volts of RF at the antenna input, the way the MR78 does,
or that has that 55dB adjacent channel selectivity. Some of the modded FM
tuners might be able to do do this, once you install the Murata 110kHz
ceramic filters, but still, I don't know if they would achieve the ultimate
selectivity that the crystal filter in the MR78 uses.

Pete

"R. Valentine" wrote in message
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RARE Yamaha TX-1000 AM/FM TUNER. A DX-er specialty:
For auction now on ebay (SUN JAN 18 to Sat Jan 24,2004)
Suited to DXers who want to grab weak FM signals other receivers just
can't get. Unmatched by ANY. Selectable bandwith and very fine tuning.
Unbeatable audiophile fidelity as well.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3072570149

Well Pete, I Have An MR78 (photo of it with the TX-1000 on top of it for you
at link: http://www.vtxpress.com/block/tx-mr.jpg
and have side by sided them extensively with rooftop antenna with rotor.
They are both receiving a very marginal signal at 101.1 WCBS NYC, from
Central CT. in the photo. So I have done actual - research. Heres the deal,
The MR78..because it has no remote or presets or precise freq. display, lost
ground to the yamaha. If both were strictly manual tune, I'd give it to the
MR78, not to mention it's beautiful looks. But thats my reasoning. As for DX
signals, theres never been any weakest of weak signal on the MR78 that I
couldnt also get on the TX1000, and vice-versa. They are that closely
matched. I will conceed that perhaps "One Of The Best....." would have been
a better subject header.. and I was considering it, but ... eh'... I will
next time. I do appreciate the feedback. Hope readers enjoy the photo. I
have a great time with both receivers and that classic rotor setup.
rick



"R. Valentine" wrote in message
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RARE Yamaha TX-1000 AM/FM TUNER. A DX-er specialty:
For auction now on ebay (SUN JAN 18 to Sat Jan 24,2004)
Suited to DXers who want to grab weak FM signals other receivers just
can't get. Unmatched by ANY. Selectable bandwith and very fine tuning.
Unbeatable audiophile fidelity as well.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3072570149

"richard valentine" wrote in message
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Well Pete, I Have An MR78 (photo of it with the TX-1000 on top of it for
you
at link: http://www.vtxpress.com/block/tx-mr.jpg
and have side by sided them extensively with rooftop antenna with rotor.
They are both receiving a very marginal signal at 101.1 WCBS NYC, from
Central CT. in the photo. So I have done actual - research. Heres the
deal,
The MR78..because it has no remote or presets or precise freq. display,
lost
ground to the yamaha. If both were strictly manual tune, I'd give it to
the
MR78, not to mention it's beautiful looks. But thats my reasoning. As for
DX
signals, theres never been any weakest of weak signal on the MR78 that I
couldnt also get on the TX1000, and vice-versa. They are that closely
matched. I will conceed that perhaps "One Of The Best....." would have
been
a better subject header.. and I was considering it, but ... eh'... I
will
next time. I do appreciate the feedback. Hope readers enjoy the photo. I
have a great time with both receivers and that classic rotor setup.
rick


Thanks for the reply, Richard. It is good to see that there are actually
living eBay people advertising on this NG, instead of just spammers. I do
respect you greatly for that!
Anyway, my point was the "best" characteristic that you applied to the
TX1000. That tuner is a very musical tuner, more musical sounding than the
MR78, as they come out of the box. Where the MR78 excels is in its RF
handling characteristics (IM rejection and adjacent channel selectivity).
Out of my tuner collection, the best sounding units are my Luxman T-88V,
T-110, Parasound TDQ-150, followed by my MR78 ( I did redesign the multiplex
decoder in the MR78, using a Philips TDA1591 decoder chip. The stereo
separation over most of the audio band is now 55dB, but now it sounds like a
Magnum Dynalab MD102. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggg!)
I think my worst sounding tuner is my Cambridge Audio T-500. Super AM
section, but hard, steely sound.
My main stereo system consists of a Marshall Leach LNF-1A power amp, with a
Leach preamp. Good soft, mellow sound with everything except that T-500
tuner.
Anyway, once again, thanks for the reply. I wish you the best on your
auction!

Pete