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The sound is superb with 30 preset stations. It was easy to use and set up. My SONY FM tuner developed lots noise in listening to stations, so I began searching a replacement. Personally I think it has really pushed the envelope with so many presets. I am very satisfied with its performance and its price. I was concerned if I could ever find a component tuner. I was very pleased to find this TEAC model at Amazon.
It pulls in FM stations quite well and is relatively easy to operate. I bought this to replace an old analog tuner and am very satisfied.
Very much akin to TASCAM, the commercial partner of TEAC. It's a good tuner, control layout is workable, TEAC has always made good "everyman's" equipment.
Oddly enough I still like to tape certain shows off FM radio. I decided I wanted a * good * (dammit) but affordable tuner. Very simple setup. Beats the tar out of my (admittely low priced) Pioneer receiver's tuner.
While there's no tuning strength meter, once you are on the exact frequency two different red indicators appear: Stereo, Tuned.P.P.S. This exactly fits my needs.Storing channels is a piece of cake. It may be that I come to rely on it. If you want to rack mount it, I think there's rack mount ears available separately for it. Tuner has a sleep mode, hmmm could be useful for some. Just got this tuner.
The remote is sort of a frill and a bonus at this point. Either that or you can buy one of those Middle Atlantic rack trays and take the feet off the unit, vecro the bottom of it to the tray - it works. Very clear sound - but not harsh. I have owned nice equipment before (ex: Cambridge Audio).
It also incudes a functional remote. I'm actually shocked about some of the "audiophile" features included without fanfare (gold plated RCA jacks for example) along with extensive programing and preset options THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO. The tuner has a clock and built in timer system and can store 30 AM and 30 FM stations to memory if you want to get real geeky about it. I recently had to have a minor repair on my NAD 4155ST which I bought for about $400 at least 15 years ago. An excellent tuner.highly recommended. I've stopped looking. Figuring it would give up the ghost sooner or later I went looking for a replacement.what a shock.tuners are few and far between now, so when I spotted the TEAC at less than $200 I figured at the very least it would serve as a stopgap until I could find something more appropriate. This unit is the functional equivalent of my NAD, has great reception, and appears to be built like a tank.
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