[Harry Lavo]

"twilightzonepinball" wrote in message
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Hello, I am new to this group and was wondering of anyone could help
guide me through an upgrade to an old system. In the 80's I assembled
a modest system with a Tandberg 3001 tuner, Revox CD player, Bryston
2B sub amp, Amber 70 series main amp, Energy 22pro speakers, Dahlquist
DQ-LP1 Cross, DQ W1 sub, and NAD preamp. Over the years as things
broke I replaced the Revox with a Pioneer Elite DVD, the NAD with AVA
EC SS preamp, and now since the Tandberg is problematic and doesn't
tune well it is going out soon.
Any thoughts on what tuner to get? I think reception is my top
priority and fidelity soon after that. Not sure I want to spend $$$$,
so anything in the sub $500 zone noteworthy these days? Yes I know
about the Fanfare stuff, just not sure i want to spend the $$$$.

Thanks a ton,


If I were you I'd look for a used Carver TX-11, 11a, or 11b. These can be
had between $100 and $200 and are fairly often available on eBay. The tuner
has never been exceeded for delivering listenable FM, both local and
DX....and importantly, it gets the fidelity right...with a good clean signal
such as we have here in Western Mass from WFCR it is usually impossible to
tell the received signal via the Carver vs. a CD. Since it is solid
state, it is virtually maintenance-free. I've owned two - one since the
original introduction of the TX-11 - and neither ever gave me a bit of a
problem. The one I bought second hand had three stuck station memory
buttons, two of which I've since been able to free with little effort. So,
one button (out of 44) for 25 years of listening and no maintenance cost and
good high-fidelity sound equals a bargain, at least to me.