![]() Controls are smooth to operate, particularly the tuning knob. It has an extremely good ergonomic layout. Perhaps the best way to characterize it is that you don't notice that you are listening to an FM broadcast, all you are aware of is the music. The T-1 is a very sweet sounding tuner, no harshness at all at any point in the soundscape. Absolutely incompatible.This is a superb tuner (made 1979) and a bargain too at current ebay prices. Above all, DO NOT use the el cheapo interconnects that come with it. But feed it into an easy to drive load (the NAD is 50 k ohms and low capacitance) and take the time to find some low capacitance cables, and it will reward you with excellent sound. This is not an expensive tuner, but the FM specs are quite good so I expect Yamaha did not knock themselves out in designing the output stage. ![]() I've never had that happen before! So how much better do you want your tuner to be for $200? Our local good music station recently played a CD I own, so I popped it into my Sony XA1ES, and found it sounded EXACTLY like the tuner. It turned out to be too bright sounding working into my NAD C350, until I realized it was more than normally sensitive to the interconnects being used, threw away the ones that came with it (yes, actually threw them away) and tried a 1/2 meter length of goood quality low capacitance (34 pF) interconnect. I don't know the causes for the comments on this unit being noisy, but mine is very quiet working off a Radio Shack powered indoor antenna. Overall: It is a decent little tuner and sets the bar for the absolute minimum level of performance an enthusiast would accept from a separate tuner. Of course I would like fine tuning, adjustable selectivity, bandwidth, sens, etc., but this is an entry level tuner. One FM caveat: has trouble with a high-powered top-40 station only 35 miles away, but I think geographically it is located in the null of my antenna so I do not blame the tuner for this. Maybe will try different cables as one of the previous reviewers suggests. I am using Monster Interlink 400 and it is still really bright. This has been mentioned by other reviewers. The sound quality is rather thin, however. The Marantz did better on a couple of stations and it had a fine tuning feature, but the Yamaha was just slightly superior on average. I A/B'd them and the Yamaha had slightly better overall FM performance. ![]() When I got it it was replacing an older low-end Marantz digital receiver. ![]() Pulls another university station in from 60 miles away. I have a yagi in the attic and it pulls in the low-power college station from 25 miles away in listenable mono. I have no problem with its FM performance. But it did make the cut (something most of the HKs couldn't do). I was in the market for a tuner and was going to hold out for a nice T-85 or something similar but saw this at the pawn shop for only $30 so I snatched it right up.ĭuring my research I had compiled a short-list and the TX-492 was at the bottom of the list. ![]()
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