[78-L] stereo/mono and noise reduction

[David Lennick]

I was so unimpressed with the poor tuning and noise on FM stereo that I had a 
mono receiver installed when I bought my first new car in 1981. It took the 
dealer a while to find one.

dl

On 11/6/2011 11:13 PM, Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> On 11/6/2011 9:49, Michael Shoshani wrote:
>> On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 20:41 +-0000, bradc944+AEA-comcast.net wrote:
>>
>> +AD4 Also, as far as tuners that can drop to mono on FM, if you hit your local Goodwill/Sally-Ann/OxFam on a regular basis, you can still find FM tuners that will drop to mono upon selection (stereo-defeat). I have a few in the house besides my Marantz 2265 that is the main studio system that have stereo-defeat, and while not the all-tube-only-tube holy grail, still sound pretty damn good.
>>
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> Marantz has the best sound as far as I am concerned. Older Fischers were
> good too. Sansuis were to shrill, unnatural. I have a fairly good 70's
> era Sansui which is better than the later ones. I wish I still had the
> Marantz I had before this. It died of bad volume potitis. Also had a
> Harmon Kardon for a while but it was a shop hog.
>