Vintage Tuner Comments


Anyone wish to comment/state preference on these tuners as to sound and DX'ing in "stock" form? Also, comment/state preference on potential if modified?

Sansui 517
Sansui 717
Kenwood 6500
Kenwood 7500

Thnx,

Mattybumpkin
mattybumpkin
Mattybumpkin, did some research while shopping for my tuners (been through Kenwood 8300 and Magnum Dynalab 101A) and discovered a great site for tuners - http://www.geocities.com/tunerinfo. Also a nice DX site - http://www.amfmdx.net/fmdx/tuners.html. These may be of some help.
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That is remarkable Viridian. I owned a Fisher 1000 a few years ago, compared it to Magnum Dynalab, Yamaha CT 7000. PSE Studio 3 and Marantz 10B. I am still more impressed with that Fisher than anything I have heard before or since.

If FM had not gone completely to crap in this market I would have kept it.
Matty,
The follow two websites (mentioned above) are the best sources. None better. There is also a tuner club on Yahoo Groups.

http://www.geocities.com/tunerinfo/

http://www.amfmdx.net/fmdx/tuners.html

I think you will find that the Kenwood KT-6500 and KT-7500 sound about the same. The KT-7500 is a better DX machine. The 6500 has only a 3 gang tuner, the 7500 is 5 gangs. I believe I've told you elsewhere that I have a 6500 and a modified 8300 (DX and Audio mods). The 6500 is a great deal if you just want good sound. They sell used for +/-$50 depending on condition.