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In Reply to: RE: McIntosh MR-80 in the house! posted by Cougar on March 27, 2019 at 17:57:30
Before I was only able to get 1 or 2 stations from LA on good days. Now I'm pulling in a bunch of stations I could never get before. One that I'm getting from LA is 125.5 miles away and it's clear, so clear I thought it was a San Diego station until the commercial came on and said it was from LA. So I now have a choice of a bunch of different stations and with different types of music. I'm really enjoying this MR-80!This is the best tuner I have had for pulling in distant stations and sounds really nice with the upgraded power supplies. After using everything on it to see if it works properly. Most of the issues point towards the tuner needing alignment. The stereo light come on some most stations when the station is just barely out, so that is alignment. The preset and scan issues are not a big deal to since I never use them.
The Narrow and Super narrow work as they should after checking it out along with the Lock function.
The sound is a lot better than what I had read. sounds great on College stations and really good on normal stations with a few that are just ok.
So I got a really great deal on this tuner and I'm glad I bought it. So it will be going off to Mike Z. for alignment and repair of the other issues.
Edits: 03/29/19 03/29/19Follow Ups:
For anyone who questions Cougar pulling in stations from 125 miles away, be aware of our geography here. Anyone in the San Diego area living near the coast has a clear shot over water to parts of LA due to the curve of the coastline. I can receive a couple of LA FM stations here with an indoor vertical antenna. And that is through exterior stucco walls with their "chicken wire" construction to shield signals.He is fortunate to have an elevated outdoor antenna. That is not to take anything away from the Mac performance.
"He said, for a nominal service charge, I could reach nervonna t'nite"
Edits: 03/30/19
Antennas matter, way more than the tuner. Unless a given tuner is receiving a minimal multipath signal that drives its front end into full limiting you are lost.
Do try to get your head around that.
They are the front-end of the tuner, a directional antenna increases the selectivity of any FM reception system.
My main tuner is a converted / rebuilt simulcast rcvr. Tubed RF and IF stages. It still has its 12dbw power amps, switched off.
Driven hard, by a directional antenna, it pisses all over all the tuners I've owned.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
The way it's was supposed to be and the result was a more quiet back ground to the point of rivaling CD format.
My new Antenna is an Archer that has 10 elements that along with my Mac MR80 and with my Latino VTA-120 back in my FM system sounds just awesome! The antenna was given to me by fellow Asylum member M3 Lover, Thank You again Tim! This was the final piece that I needed to get my FM setup where I always dreamed to have. Even my wife thought it was the CD playing the other day.
I now get stations from LA I could never get. I'm sure if I raised the antenna about 10' higher I would get even better sounding reception.
So the antenna is huge part to quality FM reception and sound.
I'm very glad it worked out so well for you Steve.
For those who may wonder, what would you estimate to be the distance to the furtherest station where you now receive a clear signal?
"The only cats worth anything are the cats who take chances. Sometimes I play things I never heard myself." Thelonious Monk
That was coming from KUSC.
but it is also important that the FM signal have a clear path. So that was my point, our clear path over water to LA.
Many years ago I read that a good antenna with an average tuner will outperform a poor antenna with a great tuner. I've found that to be true, so I don't disagree with you.
"The only cats worth anything are the cats who take chances. Sometimes I play things I never heard myself." Thelonious Monk
A free line of sight above large objects doesn't hurt either.
At our home from our ridge-line,I can see over the low ridge to our North. Just.
Warmest
Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
No doubt here. Especially with a good outdoor antenna. In ham radio on 2M (144-148MHZ) we go to nearby mountain tops and dx. When I installed a rig in my Element
my first transmission was to a repeater 15 miles east of Hershey PA with my 75 watts of power. From where I was in WV it was about 150 miles as the crow flies.
The water plays a big role. From the coast at the MD/DE line even on AM NYC came in clearly during the day due the the water.
ET
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936
I was able to get KUSC clear and that's north of the 91 highway in LA.I still need to elevate the antenna another 10', then I should be able to receive more station from up north.
Edits: 03/31/19
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