Had a clear out of the garage over the last few weekends and discovered this old tuner.
My uncle bought it new in '73 and I was given it about 25 years ago. Was used a little then put in the garage. Moved house about 16 years ago and went to the back of the garage again.....
Dusted over and had a quick peek inside - all looked good so connected it to my pre-amp and using a piece of wire for an aerial, powered it up.
It works and listening to Classic FM, it sounds very 'warm' and inviting:
Old Pioneer Tuner
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#2 Re: Old Pioneer Tuner
Nice one.
My local FM reception is pretty poor, even with an external aerial, so my Troughline and stereo decoder is naff. I did modify the Troughline to improve the sensitivity but it's still not enough.
So now, when I need radio it's use the Squeezebox Touch for me. Bonus is I can get stations worldwide.
My local FM reception is pretty poor, even with an external aerial, so my Troughline and stereo decoder is naff. I did modify the Troughline to improve the sensitivity but it's still not enough.
So now, when I need radio it's use the Squeezebox Touch for me. Bonus is I can get stations worldwide.
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#3 Re: Old Pioneer Tuner
How's access to thew boards inside there, Ant ?
Could you renew the electrolytic caps ?
Could you renew the electrolytic caps ?
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#4 Re: Old Pioneer Tuner
"No matter how fast light travels it finds that the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."
#5 Re: Old Pioneer Tuner
Probably could renew - seems to work perfectly at the moment.IslandPink wrote: ↑Sun Nov 07, 2021 1:20 pm How's access to thew boards inside there, Ant ?
Could you renew the electrolytic caps ?
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#6 Re: Old Pioneer Tuner
Ignore the 'Ant' bit !
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