My first tuner, waddayathink?

[Mattwizz3]

OK, this is the first tuner I've ever bought. I wanted to listen to the radio through my Rambler so I bought a Technics ST-2500 fir $19(Aus), unfortunately I just missed out on a Yamaha Natural sound tuner for the same price.

http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r223/mattwizz3/Technics.jpg

Is this OK? I'm not really fussy about FM as long as there isnt fuzzing in the background.

[prisoners]

Looks sharp, clean layout and blemish free.

[jpdylon]

Looks great!

How does it sound as a source to you?

[riverrat]

Nicely styled unit. If it sounds good to you, that is what counts.

I found a picture of it, along with a bunch of other rather obscure Technics tuners at this site:

Technics tuners (http://audio-heritage.jp/TECHNICS/tuner/index.html)

[reggaenaut]

Thank you riverrat. That site has some really cool looking tuners. Apparently the 2500 is the top in the 2000 series. I am really drawn to the Tecs with the allen key connected glass:8600, 8200. The St-G900 looks very purty.

[gearhound]

My father had a 1963 Rambler American.

But your's looks much nicer than his....and I bet it doesn't grind gears either!?

BTW: Nice tuner!!

Steve

[KentTeffeteller]

Hi,

Your Technics is one of their better tuners. It's sensitive and sounds very excellent. It has pretty good selectivity. You did nice!

[Mattwizz3]

Cool, thanks guys! Nice to know I picked up a good one. I have done a bit of listening and it sounds pretty good to me.

It has a problem with the transformer though, it seems louder than normal to me and can be a bit irritating. It also needs new globes. But I'm happy with it.

Thanks Steve! I got the Rambler off e-bay for $20 in pretty much perfect condition and its very nice to listen to.

Edit: heh, gearhound, I only just got the 'I bet it doesn't grind gears either!?' bit. heheh, sorry for being slow but I live in Australia and never heard of Rambler's (the cars) until I was trying to research for my old amp.