12/5/2023 0 Comments Pioneer super tuner 2Most controls are hidden behind a swing-down door, except for power, station selector, and large AM/FM metal buttons. It is like a 'Frank Lloyd Wright' design tuner, with very minimal design exterior, and ultra-thin 1.75" tall case. But our panelist Bob has spent considerable time tweaking, measuring and modding his F-9, and had this report: "The F-9 was the top of the line follow-on to the TX-9800 tuner, and somewhat similar to the F-90/F-99X in operation, but the cosmetics are totally different. One difference noted by our contributor Ryan is that the output filter in the F-9 is passive, unlike the active filter in the later two that he feels works very well. The F-9 is a digital synthesizer tuner that is fairly similar to the later F-90 and F-99X in construction. Pioneer F-9 (1981, $425, closed, open, back, detector/MPX stage, RF front end, schematic, Audio review) search eBay But don't overpay: one mint F-7 sold for $125 in 11/08 and another fetched $90 in 4/09, and one F-5 went for $89 in 12/06. Just a guess, but based on the sleeper status of the F-9, either of its little brothers might also be a nice pickup in their usual eBay sale price ranges of just $20-40 for the F-5 and $30-60 for the F-7. Pioneer F-7 (1981, $325, closed, open) search eBay Please post in our FMtuners group if you have any information about any of them. There are many Pioneer tuners in our On-Deck Circle that we'd like to consider listing here if we can get some basic information on them (types of controls and features, and any personal anecdotes or comparisons to other tuners). In parentheses after the model number are the year of introduction and most recent list price, and/or the original list price if indicated by "orig." Special thanks to David Rich of The Audio Critic for copies of historical material from his reference library. Tuners are listed in alphabetical and numerical sequence by model number. Granted to quote our text so long as proper credit is given.ĮBay listings that quote us incorrectly or without credit may be
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