| Someone has offered me a Sony ST 5130 tuner, should I take it ?? - Click HERE for Original Thread |
| Shoog |
I currently have a Pioneer TX6500 tuner, which I am fairly happy with. We are in a poor signal area but I can get all the main stations i want, in mono at least and in stereo quite a bit of the time. I use a 4 element yargi. The only real compliant I have with it is that the bass is a bit soft. I listed to very distant AM quite a bit of the time, and it does fairly well (I have a loop antenna for this).
Someone has just offered me a Sony ST-5130 for €130. i understand it is quite rare and gets good reviews.
Do you think I will notice enough of a difference to make it worth while going for the upgrade.
Shoog |
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| mrfeedback |
Better quality tuners often have higher RF sensitivity, and lower audio distortion.
If you can I would try it first.
Eric. |
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| Elso Kwak |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shoog
I currently have a Pioneer TX6500 tuner, which I am fairly happy with. We are in a poor signal area but I can get all the main stations i want, in mono at least and in stereo quite a bit of the time. I use a 4 element yargi. The only real compliant I have with it is that the bass is a bit soft. I listed to very distant AM quite a bit of the time, and it does fairly well (I have a loop antenna for this).
Someone has just offered me a Sony ST-5130 for €130. i understand it is quite rare and gets good reviews.
Do you think I will notice enough of a difference to make it worth while going for the upgrade.
Shoog |
Ho Shoog,
It is my first tuner! I bought it in 1973. I think is a good one given its age. €130 looks on the steep side for me considering the age...
Later sold it and bought that huge Sansui TU-X1. Sound quality was not too different despite raving brochures....
For tuners I have one mod:
http://db.audioasylum.com/cgi/m.pl?...ner&r=&session= |
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| Shoog |
He has offered to let me do a home trial, so I will give it a go.
Shoog |
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