Talk to a TV/FM tech that knows your area. Then buy a Magnum 108 Tuner and put up the best stacked FM antenna..ie: Finco FM-4, APS, Winegard(sp?)...etc...and enjoy.
Best Long-Distance receiving Tuners
Looking for a used Tuner to clearly pull in stations from Los Angeles, I am approx 130 miles south and currently have a MacIntosh 1700 receiver which has a tube tuner. I have a FanFare SC-1 whip antenna which gets the station I want only marginally. I can't put up a roof antenna and I don't want to spend $300 for the Audio Prism 7ft indoor antenna. I am sure the Mac 1700 tuner is not equal in alternate channel selectivity or signal rejection to many tuners made after 1980. Appreciate all opinions and input. Thanks, Jimbo
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1.I would contact Don Scott. He has some inexpensive tuners for sale that can be tweaked for your situation. He may also align your present set-up. [email protected] 2. That being said, what I (and all engineers I have read)have found is that money spent on the optimum antenna for your situation is 10x more important than the money spent on a tuner. This is just good systems engineering, especially in marginal situations. If the Audio Prism is that much better (I don't know either unit, I use an outdoor unit) than what you have now it is cheap at the price. Obviously, if you don't get a clean strong signal in, a Sequerra is just a light show, n'est-ce pas? |
Besides getting a very good FM antenna like the APS-13, strong rotor, Magnum Dynalab 205 Signal Slueth there is nothing out there for long distance like the Pioneer Elite F-93 for pulling in stations. I have had the FT1a, Etude, and tons of others and stations are not even on their dials that show up on the F-93. However, I would, if you had to have Solid State get a MD-108 (hydrid design) for better sonics. |
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