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Dear Paul,
I will tryto answer your questions. Please understand that I do NOT
recommend having anyone but the highest professional engineer work on a
tuner. Trust me when I say that not only most technicians but also most
engineers really don't have a clue as to what's going on in an FM tuner. And
if that's not bad enough, hardly any of them have a truly sophisticated
laboratory with ALL of the proper test equipment.
As far as the Mark VI SAE tuner goes, it is a decent performer however,
it is not in the league of the Marantz 10B or my Charlie or the Sequerra
Tuner (the original one that is). I would place its performance in the area
of the MR78. Please understand that more so than any other piece of audio
equipment, tuners steadily degrade over time for a lot of reasons which I
will not get into here. A tuner this old desperately needs to be refurbished
and if nothing else, properly realigned. The scope tube probably will last a
long, long time. The nixies do go out on occasion of which I have a small
supply. My strong recommendation is that you send this unit to me for
refubishing. Please let me know if you are so inclined and we can discuss
this further. If you aren't paying an arm and a leg, the SAE Mark VI can be
a very nice tuner again.
James Bongiorno

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