Digital or Analog
samsnite - 2012-03-24 06:29
What you think? Digital or analog tuning? Your opinion?
I think (almost) nothing beats a solid big weighted tuning knob. Fast and accurate.
I have not stumbled upon a digital tuner from the 80's-90's that is easy to use. ALOT of button pushing... and the frustration to save some presets just to realize they are gone the next time you use the radio... aargh!
driptip - 2012-03-24 06:56
i love the digital tuners 100% better than analog, like on my gf-9595, pana 680, aiwa 880, the reason why is because i am afraid that the string might break , and is also faster to get the station you are looking for, and the memory will always be there as long as you put a battery in the radio,
ao - 2012-03-24 06:57
Is there a boombox with a weighted tuning knob?
samsnite - 2012-03-24 07:14
Is there a boombox with a weighted tuning knob?
Frankly, i have no idea... i was talking in general. I still prefer knob over buttons, weighted or not.
redbenjoe - 2012-03-24 07:22
Is there a boombox with a weighted tuning knob?
panny 7000
marantz 7000
tosh WX-1
prolly a few more
deliverance - 2012-03-24 09:36
some grundig, telefunken have weighted knobs , i still like to manual tune never had a dab radio , dial cord it took me hours to re-cord a grundig 3400 3 to do on it
brutus442 - 2012-03-24 10:06
I'll say digital...
For me it's just easier to dial up to correct frequency....call it laziness
deliverance - 2012-03-24 10:09
tut tut brutus thought you were old school guy
lav.loo - 2012-03-24 10:30
the pioneer sk909l has a weighted tuning knob, it feels so quality to use, i don't mind either digital or analogue tuning, the m80 has both
brutus442 - 2012-03-24 10:40
tut tut brutus thought you were old school guy
I feel just "old" now deliverance...
teamstress - 2012-03-24 10:48
Weighted tuner knobs: JVC 838, Sanyo 9998.
transwave5000 - 2012-03-24 11:10
Analoge has all the stations pre-set
and in memory all the time
all you have to do is find them
deliverance - 2012-03-24 11:12
Analoge has all the stations pre-set
and in memory all the time
all you have to do is find them
radio.raheem - 2012-03-24 12:13
analogue all the way...as the dugutal displayy could blow.....ask the wimwn i think they like weighted knobs
retro - 2012-03-24 12:46
I've always been fond of the over sized fly wheel tuning knobs on 80's receivers and boom boxes.
claret.badger - 2012-03-24 13:16
I love a weighted knob
My current tuner is a Sony SA3es - and has a lovely "feel"
this is a Digital RDS tuner
My old tuner was Technics GT70L - and it had a weighted knob
and I just managed to pick up another on ebay for a quid!
also a digital tuner
ao - 2012-03-24 13:24
I love a weighted knob
I was wondering who'd be the first to pick up on this
chris69 - 2012-03-24 14:18
I've always been fond of the over sized fly wheel tuning knobs on 80's receivers and boom boxes.
claret.badger - 2012-03-24 15:51
I love a weighted knob
I was wondering who'd be the first to pick up on this
you line em up . . .
mark - 2012-03-24 21:09
Ooh. An st-sa3es. i have an st-s444esx. No knobs, and from a few years before the sa3, but it's a great tuner.
I remember as a kid spinning the dial on my dad's akai aa-1040 receiver. I'm surprised the string never broke since my favorite thing to do was spin it completely to either side to hear the straining noise it would make.
brutus442 - 2012-03-24 21:57
Ooh. An st-sa3es. i have an st-s444esx. No knobs, and from a few years before the sa3, but it's a great tuner.
I remember as a kid spinning the dial on my dad's akai aa-1040 receiver. I'm surprised the string never broke since my favorite thing to do was spin it completely to either side to hear the straining noise it would make.
I used to do that to my Marantz....it used to be my parents and as I kid I'd whip that dial from one end to the other. Little did I know....now I have it and keep it behind a glass door from my kids