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I'm delighted with this tuner (I'm selling the others, including the MD Sleuth)- it holds its own very well in my system. when singers hit particularly strident notes), can sound downright bad. And, because of the quality of the signal, broadcasts with excessive compression or which overload (e.g. It is remarkably sensitive to the type of interconnect linking it to the preamp. In some ways it is almost too good: it is not kind to poorly recorded CDs or taped concerts, for example. The longer I own this marvel, the more I find myself listening to it it is not fatiguing in any way. Cymbals and piano sounds are often stunning and I have to remind myself it's FM radio I'm listening to. I didn't need it at all with the Meridian: while the Sleuth helped the other two bring in stronger and cleaner signals, it made no difference on the Meridian.īesides providing a very clean signal, the 504 produces a larger and deeper soundstage than the MD or the Kenwood. Incidentally I used an MD Sleuth 205 (sophisticated signal enhancer) with both of these tuners. I listen to a lot of classical and jazz, and almost always preferred the Meridian to either the Magnum Dynalab or the Kenwood. On my favorite FM stations I was not aware of any background noise. When I got down to serious listening I was struck by the purity of the signal being broadcast. The codes didn't work at first, and after spending 5-6 hours searching the web, I finally got it to work beautifully.
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It didn't come with the remote and I had a dickens of a time figuring out how to get my MX-500 remote to operate the tuner. I use an outdoor arial mounted on a bedroom balcony. For comparison I had a professionally modified Magnum Dynalab FT101, and a wonderful sounding Kenwood 8007 from the 70s. After about 4 days it settled down (you leave it 'on', in a standby mode) and started to sound very good. It seemed to take a long time to settle in and at first the sound was uneven, ranging from overly bright to quite warm. A 504 was available on a tryout basis at an audio shop, so I decided to give it a listen. A bit fiddly but a useful feature nevertheless.After reading reviews on I became interested in exploring high quality digital tuners. Very nice to look at too! It has a strange feature which I've not seen before, where instead of having RDS, you program the pre-sets with the station name. Very warm & well rounded - especially bass-wise. I haven't owned any decent tuners but this one sounds fantastic. Hooked it up today and can safely say I'm very impressed.
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After a bit of negotiation I got it for a great price.
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It was a customer trade-in, brand new condition with original box, packaging, manual and accessories. I stumbled across a Meridian 504 from a local HiFi retailer.
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Anyway now I've got the urge to listen to FM again but wanted something a bit nicer.Ī recent move to Crystal Palace means I'm high up in the South East of London - perched between two transmitters Crystal Palace (serves London & South East England) and Croydon (broadcasts FM radio and acts as a Digital TV backup). I had a Technics STGT-350 bought new yeeears ago, which I ended up selling due to hardly being used.
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It was in my Dad's first system and he handed it down to me when I got into HiFi. Long story short, I have an old National Panasonic ST-2700 stowed away at my parents house.
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I've been trawling the well known auction sites for a while now, looking for a replacement tuner.