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Re: Just curious have you heard the Nikko Gamma V yet? ...

Posted by Marantzguy (P) on November 30, 2006 at 15:16:08

In Reply to: Just curious have you heard the Nikko Gamma V yet? ... posted by millen on November 29, 2006 at 15:37:09:

Hi, millen:

I honestly have never even seen a Nikko Gamma V tuner before! I just took a look at some which are currently offered on eBay or were featured in recent auctions. Anyway, I now know what they look like!

I guess they sound decent, but to be honest with you, I do recall the old Nikko brand name components from the seventies and I was then and still am now, not very impressed with their product line.
I also do not much favor synthetized tuners. There is something about them which just turns me off (no pun!).

Aside from all of the analog tuners I own these days, I also own a Soundstream digital FM tuner from the mid eighties, which is built like a tank. A couple of years ago, it showed up at a local recycling center nearby and I grabbed it! This tuner was once a $600 item, but you would simply not believe my luck in finding this one and would probably faint if you knew what I got it for!

The tuner sounds terrific, but I still favor tuners with mechanical dials which light up and devices which have the option of more selective tuning, in other words, analog tuners!

Hey, if the Nikko works for you, that is wonderful!

I see a great number of digital tuners like the Nikko so, when I do spot them in various places, I just go "neat", but I also walk away.

Just my personal two cents, so please don't take it personally!

Richard Links
Berkeley, CA

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