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Why no mention of Tuners in the Awards these past years ? They aren`t mentioned in the Buyer`s Guide at the back of the Magazine which does claim to be the UK`s best guide for Hi-Fi as well . Portable Radio might have found a new lease of life somewhere , not in my house . I still listen to a...

Be careful , someone on this Forum was complaining that his Denon one piece system was whining or humming through his headphones .

Amiga I have just been in to a German Hi Fi Supplier`s site and with the Euro worth 86 pence today, the prices of the Rotel RT 11 and RT12 Tuners are £5 more and £2 more respectively over here when compared with Germany . The Yamaha CDN 500 is £ 499.95 here and normally £492 in Germany , but at...

Yes Amiga that new Yamaha DAB Tuner is pricey when compared with the Onkyo , Rotel and Sansui for £100 less in some cases .The Yamaha is listed on the European site , it would be interesting to see the prices over there . I guess they price them for what they think people are prepared to pay ...

Chebby that was a timely posting to nopiano as far as I`m concerned . This very afternoon I have constructed an open half wave dipole for my FM Tuner signal to go in the loft . My stereo signal has been dropping out on the weaker non BBC Stations recently which I put down to high pressure co-...

Thanks for your useful comments Baldrick . You are right about paying a lot of money for something that might not live up to expectations , £370 more to be precise .

Thanks Baldrick I am only 5 miles from the Wenvoe mast and 10 miles from the Rotel Agent . The RT 12 would look even more attractive on my sideboard and would really be future proof . The Internet Stations would be of interest ,but not the music download stuff . I must have a demo of these...

Thanks Nopiano and Baldrick for your replies , I am only interested in receiving radio, not the all singing and dancing add ons that come with streaming/ internet radio . I just want to press a switch or a button to quickly access the station of my choice , must be very simple for my Wife too ...

Until recently there were hardly any Dab/Dab+ Tuners and suddenly at least four come along . What-Hi Fi seems to ignore them in their Awards and Buyers Guide , but annoyingly keep the Denon TU 1800DAB in there which went out some years ago . Yamaha have just brought in the TD 500 which appears...

The Sansui takes two sets of speakers A and B . The handbook states that the A position gives the best sound , but then you are not able to use headphones only . So I have had to connect the speakers to the B terminals as I frequently listen when my Wife watches TV. I gathered from the repairer...

Well I have now done what I should have years ago . I found a repairer less than a quarter of a mile away and two days later and £30 lighter I now have my 25 year old SANSUI AU G30X Amp back in my system . It is now driving my Wharfedale Diamond 9.1`s rather than the original Heybrook Point...

In Cardiff there are two National Hi Fi chain shops. In one the Marantz PM 6004 is £279 , the Denon PMA 520 IS £179.99 and in the other the respective prices are £229 and £149 . These are budget Amps ,while the Arcam A19 at £649.95 is the same in both shops, they are less than 4 miles apart ...

Andy is correct, my Sansui AU G30X Amp was £200 just 25 years ago and the Denon 720 PM 720 AE has just come down to £199 . Heybrook Point Five speakers were £109 at the same time .Scooters are definately a rip off in Britain compared with Spain for instance , so are Train fares , but not Hi Fi...

Thanks drummerman for your kind comments , perhaps half the excitement is in the chase or in my case deciding . Jonathan both my Sansui and Sony Amps came from Radiocraft , they don`t do Hi-Fi anymore , just TV`s and white goods . There is an interesting story with the Sansui AU G30X in 1988 ...

Well I took the opportunity to ride the Scooter to Cardiff RS as it is a nice day and parking a car there is always a pain . I was pleasantly surprised at their alterations since last there .The place is much larger and smarter , everything is nicely displayed and the demo room is at the back of...