[rodge827]

Doug,

Thanks for the reply. The Fanfare will be used as an outdoor roof antenna.

Are you saying to scrap the Fanfare and stay with an el'cheepo indoor antenna ?
 
I live on the NJ coast about 30 mins north of Atlantic City (08087), some Phila. and N.Y. stations still come in a little raspy, and I thought a roof antenna might do the trick.

Is there a better quality outdoor roof antenna that I should use ?

Chris

[doug s.]

a roof antenna is an excellent idea - yust don't bother w/the whip antenna.  get a yagi.  if stations are all in one direction, then you can have it fixed in place.  if stations are in different directions, then you would want a rotator...

if most of your stations come in fine now, but a couple are "a little raspy", as you put it, then something like this is likely all you would need, and these are ~$30:

http://www.antennacraft.net/pdfs/FM6.pdf

for not a lot more money, and quite a bit better performance, (especially if considering the total install price), i would recommend this:

http://www.summitsource.com/winegard-hd6065-hd6065p-platinum-high-definition-fm-antenna-radio-hd6065-10-element-local-offair-hdtv-outdoor-digital-stereo-reception-signal-rooftop-aerial-75-ohm-part-hd6065p-with-coax-cable-p-4586.html

or this (aps-9b):
http://www.starkelectronic.com/aps13.htm
(stark also sells the fm6 and winegard antennae)

for quite a bit more money, and a little bit better performance than the winegard or aps-9b, there is the aps-13  (as it doesn't show up on this site, i am not sure if ed is still making it?):

http://www.antennaperformance.com/

hth,

doug s.

Doug,

Thanks for the reply. The Fanfare will be used as an outdoor roof antenna.

Are you saying to scrap the Fanfare and stay with an el'cheepo indoor antenna ?
 
I live on the NJ coast about 30 mins north of Atlantic City (08087), some Phila. and N.Y. stations still come in a little raspy, and I thought a roof antenna might do the trick.

Is there a better quality outdoor roof antenna that I should use ?

Chris

[rodge827]

Doug,

Thanks for all of the info. This really helps to narrow things down a bit. Soon enough I'll be up on the roof installing one of these antennas.

Chris

[mfsoa]

Doug S.,
I have an old Adcom tuna that is experiencing some trouble (I have to put a weight on the antennae cable or else the reception is really staticy - gotta open it up, maybe just a quick solder job or bad F-con maybe?) and I always wanted a tuna w/ remote.

Living w/in range of both NY and Philly (800' elevation w/ roof antennae w/ rotator), I have some good stations around, and I do have the radio on more than any other source.
Any idea how the Sony would compare to the Adcom?

I do enjoy FM, but more for the music than the audiophile buzz although good FM can sound really good.

Looks like for the price the Sony's hard to beat.

Do you have any other suggestions for remote-control tunas?  My brother is a Rotel/Marantz/Denon/Sony dealer - do any of these companies offer tunas that would better the Adcom?  Do you have an opinion re the Rotel RT-1084?

Thanks for all the tuna knowledge you have shared in the past!

-Mike

[doug s.]

hi mike,

which adcom do you have?  the first tuna-only source i ever bought was an adcom gft-1a.  it was ok, but easy to do better.  it's about the same, sonics/reception-wise as the magnum-dynalab ft101a - one of the most over-rated tunas around, imo.  i have read that the gft-1awas adcom's best tuna, but i haven't compared.  the problem you're having w/the adcom is likely as you said - bad connection or connector.  on mine, i had to install new rca inputs, as the original junk broke loose off the board.

i would suspect that the new hd sony would be better than your adcom - if you got a tube buffer to run it thru.  w/o the buffer, it will get marginal stations more cleanly, and sonics will be a trade-off- the sony might have better imaging, while the adcom will have better tone.  otherwise, look for a wintage tuna, and you will get better sound than the xdr/tube buffer combo, imo.

if you want remote w/your tuna, i would suggest rotel rht-10 - this is one of the best tunas, period.  wery rare, and usually quite expensive - >$800 is not unusual.  wery close to this, and almost as rare, but at half the price, or less, is the rotel rt990bx.  (i have no familiarity w/rotel's more recent offerings, but i would be surprised if they are as nice as these.)  other reasonably priced choices w/remote would include the marantz st-17 and the yamaha tx1000.  both get rave rewiews; i owned the st17 myself, and i can wouch for its excellent sound.  of course, you can break the bank, and buy a new accuphase t1000; thru its digital outs, it's supposed to completely alter the playing field of what's considered the "holy-grail" tunas.  w/o its digital outs, it's supposed to be as good as the standard holy grail tuna benchmarks.  if you are willing to go analog and pay for a refurb and mod, you can get sound and reception so close to as good as it gets, for even as little as $500, mods included; and there's a plethora of choices in the $500-$1000 price range.  and, for <$200, sometimes even <$100, you can find gems that will get you most of the way there, even w/o mods, if they're even half-way close to being properly aligned...

doug s.,
so many tunas, so little time 

Doug S.,
I have an old Adcom tuna that is experiencing some trouble (I have to put a weight on the antennae cable or else the reception is really staticy - gotta open it up, maybe just a quick solder job or bad F-con maybe?) and I always wanted a tuna w/ remote.

Living w/in range of both NY and Philly (800' elevation w/ roof antennae w/ rotator), I have some good stations around, and I do have the radio on more than any other source.
Any idea how the Sony would compare to the Adcom?

I do enjoy FM, but more for the music than the audiophile buzz although good FM can sound really good.

Looks like for the price the Sony's hard to beat.

Do you have any other suggestions for remote-control tunas?  My brother is a Rotel/Marantz/Denon/Sony dealer - do any of these companies offer tunas that would better the Adcom?  Do you have an opinion re the Rotel RT-1084?

Thanks for all the tuna knowledge you have shared in the past!

-Mike

[orientalexpress]

since i need a tuner,i went ahead and bought one.i love it ,pick up great signal from a great distance,plus the HD radio sound great.Then i went add this little box from grant fidelity http://grantfidelity.com/site/catalog/52/tube_processors,this tuner come alive  .wow.It's make a HUGE different right away.i originally bought this for my solid state guitar amp. Now i probally order another one for my  solid state amp.


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