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LOVE YOUR FM TUNERS? SANSUI TU-717
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During the isolation period I found myself a nice TU-717 |
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The dial is very nice, but the fourth lamp (last one on the right) was not working |
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Luckily it was only a problem of it having been a bit 'disturbed' during the shipping. Removing it, cleaning, some contact-cleaning spray and it worked again giving the dial a pleasant uniformity |
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SANSUI TU-317 |
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The dreaded UE technical laws (most of them conceived to force us to throw away perfectly good old stuff and spend more money to buy new equipment for the profit of its manufacturers...) are going to make our beloved FM tuners useless.The quarantine days are a good occasione to pull off the shelves some of the equipment we bought years ago and almost forgotten...like this very attractive Sansui tuner
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The fascination of an old-school stereo tuner is evident in this simple but extremely well-lit tuner. The TU-317 was one of the cheaper Sansui tuners at the time but works very well even in a busy zone like my home in central Bologna, where there dozens of radio station broadcasting, sometimes with a very low controllo of the bandwith they would have to use. It links very well to this FM transmitter And as it is very easy to see in the picture below, a Sony S590ES may be much better for sensitivity, selectivity, signal control, allowing a much better tuning of difficuolt stations, but from the visual point of view there is simply no match...! |
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From the excellent https://www.fmtunerinfo.com/sansui.html : "Sansui TU-317 (1978, $240) The scarce TU-317 appears to be the same tuner as the TU-217 with the exception of an additional switch labeled "Noise Canceller" and a lighted tuning dial. They look almost identical cosmetically and have basically the same circuitry. Like the TU-217, the TU-317 is easy to modify for even better sound quality as described on the DIY Mods page (the toughest part is finding one). Our contributor Warren M. reports that his modified TU-317 is "not very selective, not very sensitive, and requires a very good signal to get quiet, but its stereo/soundstage is fairly good. It performs seriously above its weight." The TU-317 has 3 gangs and 2 filters and usually sells for $40-80 on eBay, with a high of $159 in 6/08 for a mint one. A TU-317 with rack handles and manuals went for $123 in 4/09." |
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Manutenzione+Restauro |
Service+Restoration |
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