TUNER 4 Sale: HITACHI FT-5500 MkII

[Newbie]

I know its a "Hitachi" but anyone who knows anything about tuners will know that this is a "classic".

Mid 80's bought from new (for squillions of dollars, ex Smiths??).

http://www.fmtunerinfo.com/reviewsA-N.html

No idea what its worth now, any offers? PM me

Cheers

[Michael Jones]

Wow! That was the tuner to own back in the 1980s. I wanted one back then.

[Newbie]

I don't care about back then....how about now!!!! :)

[Newbie]

Wow! That was the tuner to own back in the 1980s. I wanted one back then.

Thanks for the comment. Your welcome to own one now....and at only a fraction of the original sqillions...:)

[Michael Jones]

These days my radio listening is the glorious mono of NatRad. The tuner built into the receiver of my office system is more than adequate for that purpose.

[Newbie]

Damn! But I know what you mean. My sparse radio listening is 99% in the car, (or tuned into George Fm via my AVR).

Which begs to ask, who actually uses a separate tuner these days? and why?

[neil]

I have an ancient Hitachi FT-300 tuner that I refurbished from the point of death. It resides in my bedroom system, tuned to bFM. Its bloody fantatstic and cost nothing...
always wanted to know if was considered any good, as it predates me...

[nixon76]

Which begs to ask, who actually uses a separate tuner these days? and why?

Um, urr, I do. I listen to it most of the day. Why do I have it? I'm 2 channel only, so don't have an AVR. So it's the only tuner I have.

[ARIKIP]

I use a Pioneer F93 in my main Hifi system. Thing is i pretty much dont use it as its in a "dedicated"(Mans)room with the rest of my Hifi. I just cant picture myself sitting in my listening chair with the sole purpose of entertaining myself with one radio station. The Tuner on the mini system in the Kitchen gets waaaaayyyy more use.

[michael w]

Which begs to ask, who actually uses a separate tuner these days? and why?

Another radio listener here; RNZ National and Concert plus a local guardband FM classical station via an old Revox B760.

Nothing else worth listening to, commercial music and talkback radio is for the braindead.

[Owen Y]

Nat Radio, Concert FM, some occasional bFM(Uni student radio, world music...), BaseFM(afro beat, reggae, soul, hip hop...).

Mc Intosh MR71, Scott LT-110B, internet streaming(BaseFM), Panasonic desktop clock radio :D

Owen