I have upgraded my tuner, the Quad FM4 has been replaced by a Magnum Dynalab
Etude, its recently been replaced by the MD100 so its out of date already.

I am very pleased, its sounds fantastic, took it apart (pictures of insides
on web site) not a lot inside.

Would have liked, one of the tuners that are valved, but they are silly
money.

http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonde...tude_tuner.htm






Dave xxxx
http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
Steam is Fun

"Dave xxxx" wrote in message
...
I have upgraded my tuner, the Quad FM4 has been replaced by a Magnum
Dynalab
Etude, its recently been replaced by the MD100 so its out of date already.

I am very pleased, its sounds fantastic, took it apart (pictures of
insides
on web site) not a lot inside.

Would have liked, one of the tuners that are valved, but they are silly
money.

http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonde...tude_tuner.htm






Dave xxxx
http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
Steam is Fun



The Etude is one piece of kit I wouldn't part with. A worthwhile cost
effective addition to the Etude is the 'signal sleuth', front end tunable
RFA that makes an already great tuner that bit better - & for the icing on
the cake maybe a mast mounted & steerable yagi array. (ok getting carried
away there).
I love listening to R3 live concerts on the Etude.... almost like being
there.
Mike

In article , Mike Gilmour
writes

"Dave xxxx" wrote in message
...
I have upgraded my tuner, the Quad FM4 has been replaced by a Magnum
Dynalab
Etude, its recently been replaced by the MD100 so its out of date already.

I am very pleased, its sounds fantastic, took it apart (pictures of
insides
on web site) not a lot inside.

Would have liked, one of the tuners that are valved, but they are silly
money.

http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonde...tude_tuner.htm






Dave xxxx
http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
Steam is Fun



The Etude is one piece of kit I wouldn't part with. A worthwhile cost
effective addition to the Etude is the 'signal sleuth', front end tunable
RFA that makes an already great tuner that bit better - & for the icing on
the cake maybe a mast mounted & steerable yagi array. (ok getting carried
away there).
I love listening to R3 live concerts on the Etude.... almost like being
there.
Mike



What!, you mean that this is better than digital radio;_)
--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Mike Gilmour
writes

"Dave xxxx" wrote in message
...
I have upgraded my tuner, the Quad FM4 has been replaced by a Magnum
Dynalab
Etude, its recently been replaced by the MD100 so its out of date
already.

I am very pleased, its sounds fantastic, took it apart (pictures of
insides
on web site) not a lot inside.

Would have liked, one of the tuners that are valved, but they are silly
money.


http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonde...tude_tuner.htm






Dave xxxx
http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
Steam is Fun



The Etude is one piece of kit I wouldn't part with. A worthwhile cost
effective addition to the Etude is the 'signal sleuth', front end tunable
RFA that makes an already great tuner that bit better - & for the icing
on
the cake maybe a mast mounted & steerable yagi array. (ok getting carried
away there).
I love listening to R3 live concerts on the Etude.... almost like being
there.
Mike



What!, you mean that this is better than digital radio;_)
--
Tony Sayer


Etude Vs Digital...an ABX test would be like a walk in the park.

Mike

Mike Gilmour wrote:
"Dave xxxx" wrote in message
I have upgraded my tuner, the Quad FM4 has been replaced by a Magnum
Dynalab Etude, its recently been replaced by the MD100 so its out of
date already.

I am very pleased, its sounds fantastic, took it apart (pictures of
insides on web site) not a lot inside.

Would have liked, one of the tuners that are valved, but they are
silly money.


http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonde...tude_tuner.htm






Dave xxxx
http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
Steam is Fun



The Etude is one piece of kit I wouldn't part with. A worthwhile cost
effective addition to the Etude is the 'signal sleuth', front end
tunable RFA that makes an already great tuner that bit better - &
for the icing on the cake maybe a mast mounted & steerable yagi
array. (ok getting carried away there).
I love listening to R3 live concerts on the Etude.... almost like
being there.
Mike

Archers sound good too ;-)

Will look into "Sleuth" do you know what the UK price is?



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"Dave xxxx" wrote in message
...
Mike Gilmour wrote:
"Dave xxxx" wrote in message
I have upgraded my tuner, the Quad FM4 has been replaced by a Magnum
Dynalab Etude, its recently been replaced by the MD100 so its out of
date already.

I am very pleased, its sounds fantastic, took it apart (pictures of
insides on web site) not a lot inside.

Would have liked, one of the tuners that are valved, but they are
silly money.


http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonde...tude_tuner.htm






Dave xxxx
http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
Steam is Fun



The Etude is one piece of kit I wouldn't part with. A worthwhile cost
effective addition to the Etude is the 'signal sleuth', front end
tunable RFA that makes an already great tuner that bit better - &
for the icing on the cake maybe a mast mounted & steerable yagi
array. (ok getting carried away there).
I love listening to R3 live concerts on the Etude.... almost like
being there.
Mike

Archers sound good too ;-)

Will look into "Sleuth" do you know what the UK price is?



--
Dave xxxx
http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Music is Art - Audio is Engineering
Steam is Fun







It's a while since I bough my sleuth but I remember in the region of £200 -
but IMO its worth its weight in gold.

Mike

"Dave xxxx" wrote in message
...
I have upgraded my tuner, the Quad FM4 has been replaced by a Magnum
Dynalab
Etude, its recently been replaced by the MD100 so its out of date already.

I am very pleased, its sounds fantastic, took it apart (pictures of
insides
on web site) not a lot inside.

Would have liked, one of the tuners that are valved, but they are silly
money.

http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonde...tude_tuner.htm



Nice bit of 'Show N Tell' Dave! :-)

I too have had a little movement on the tuner front.....

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...w/newtuner.jpg

......this little gem arrived yesterday - a gift from someone who no longer
wanted it and was going to bin it.

Playing right now on my new 'computer setup' (£50 Technics amp, £10 Eltax
bookshelf speakers from eBay) and sounding reet nice - mono, due to ****e
aerial situation atm......

:-)

In article , Keith G
writes

"Dave xxxx" wrote in message
...
I have upgraded my tuner, the Quad FM4 has been replaced by a Magnum
Dynalab
Etude, its recently been replaced by the MD100 so its out of date already.

I am very pleased, its sounds fantastic, took it apart (pictures of
insides
on web site) not a lot inside.

Would have liked, one of the tuners that are valved, but they are silly
money.

http://www.davewhitter.pwp.blueyonde...tude_tuner.htm



Nice bit of 'Show N Tell' Dave! :-)

I too have had a little movement on the tuner front.....

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/keit...w/newtuner.jpg

.....this little gem arrived yesterday - a gift from someone who no longer
wanted it and was going to bin it.

Playing right now on my new 'computer setup' (£50 Technics amp, £10 Eltax
bookshelf speakers from eBay) and sounding reet nice - mono, due to ****e
aerial situation atm......

:-)





Well U had the chance;_)


Be interesting to measure the old LEAK and see what its capable of up
against some more modern equipment?....
--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote


Playing right now on my new 'computer setup' (£50 Technics amp, £10 Eltax
bookshelf speakers from eBay) and sounding reet nice - mono, due to ****e
aerial situation atm......

:-)





Well U had the chance;_)


Be interesting to measure the old LEAK and see what its capable of up
against some more modern equipment?....



I know I did, but I actually *like* mono - especially for radio as I'm never
sat right in front of it!

In article , tony sayer



Be interesting to measure the old LEAK and see what its capable of up
against some more modern equipment?....

I've not measured it, but I have run a scope, etc, over the old Leak
Troughline mono tuner I have. Showed an alarming amount of leakage of both
the stereo diff and IF components emerging from the audio. The selectivity
is also a bit on the wide side for my taste, although not flat enough to
make adding a stereo decoder worthwhile without a lot of fiddling with the
IF.

Still have the tuner, but don't use it at all. Prefer the Yamaha, Quad,
etc.

Slainte,

Jim

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