@audphile1 It glows in the dark! It's analog! It's got bold visual displays and big precision dials and a dozen nifty toggles all in a row! It's techy, yet warm and fuzzy too! It's one little thing that still feels within our control! And, every so often, in your own quiet room well after dark, some distant human FM radio sound engineer will have got everything exactly right, and you will know that the magic is something you can't quite replicate with a streamer, measurements be damned.
Upgrade Power Cord for FM Tuner
For those still using FM tuners (I stream also), what would you consider the best value in upgraded power cords? While retubing my vintage MD-108 today (original Sovtek to Northern Electric) I was embarrassed to discover that I had never bothered to upgrade the original crappy cord. Nothing over $500, as this unit is quite long in the tooth and may never be replaced when it dies.
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Lol that’s the cool factor. I heard good tuners including the tubed mcintosh and yeah the sound is amazing. I’m struggling with the concept that I would have to sit thru bunch of commercials no matter how good they sound. |
Don’t most vintage tuners offer captive power cords in the first place? No IEC plug that makes it easier to experiment with aftermarket PCs. In my youth I sometimes went to the trouble of replacing a captive cord with wire I believed would sound better. But I also believe hard soldering is superior as an interface to any IEC outlet. |
@audphile1 No commercials if tuned to NPR/College-affiliated stations, which have both the best programming and the best sonics outside large metros. @lewm The oldest tuners 1960-198x are stuck with captive cords and some of us are too lazy and clumsy for hard soldering. MD-108 was introduced 1997 and has IEC, hence the inquiry. |
This is my MD, not vintage since I bought it new a few years back from Audio Advisor.
We have HRB (Harvard), ERS (Emmerson), CRB (long standing independent classical) JIB with a wide reach on the AM band and broadcasts as low power FM with an enormous catalog dating back a hundred years and great sound as long as you are in range. Just to name a few. I do like the "audio jewelry" aspects as long as it doesn’t cost too much. I have some of these, https://www.thecableco.com/catalog/product/view/id/1858/s/mojo-digital-power-cord/category/85/ and some of these, https://www.rega.co.uk/accessories/reference-mains-power-lead. |
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