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Tuner or Receiver
I will plan to stick with the Carver and Onkyo tuners then.  Both handle weak signals well.  I will have to set up a outdoor antenna when I can figure out where to put it.   
Tuner or Receiver
Thanks Yogi.  The only real shortcoming then is not having the expanded AM band on either tuner.  As long as the new tuners don't have appreciably better sensitivity or selectivity compared to the two that I have right now then I will stick with t... 
Class D is just Dandy!
Perhaps I can buy some IC's that are six feet long and put the Tuner several feet from the Dayton to see if that solves the problem.  Not sure what is causing the issue.  My cassette deck plays just fine with it.  Noted the instruction manual for ... 
Class D is just Dandy!
Have a Dayton T120 amp.  Class D.  Replaced it with a Yamaha Receiver for now because I needed something that had more inputs and could also play nice with my Tuner.  Have read and can confirm that at least in the case of the Dayton amp, it create... 
Looking for an used, inexpensive pre amp
For some reason I can't send an email.  It may be that the new user interface which is completely unfamiliar is the problem.  I have not been on this site for almost a year now and it has been redesigned.Lou Setriodes.  Thanks for the offer.  Havi... 
Looking for an used, inexpensive pre amp
Question about the Rotel amps people have mentioned.  Are they pretty neutral sounding or perhaps lean a bit warm?  I don't want something that sounds bright or too sterile if you know what I mean. 
Looking for an used, inexpensive pre amp
Have found the Dayton does not play nice with my Tuners.  Too much noise in the audio.  Will keep that for the future when I hope to have a small rural property for recreation and can use it there with a  CD player. 
Looking for an used, inexpensive pre amp
I've been very busy with work and that is why I have not checked back in a while.  Gone from home an average of 14 hours a day and sometimes longer.  Bought something on Ebay to tide me over for a while.  Got a working Yamaha RX 596 receiver which... 
Matching Speakers to Components
Mesch. Agree completely. I've done far better with matching speakers after buying them after assembling the amps, tuners, tape decks and CD players. 
Matching Speakers to Components
Stringreen. Believe it or not I have had far better luck buying speakers after acquiring other components prior to the speaker purchase. The first two systems I purchased in the 1980's I did purchase speakers and then shop for the other gear after... 
Matching Speakers to Components
I should add that I really like the Jamo speakers that I have. They sound even better with the new Yamaha CD player. But right now I live in an apartment and have a small room and they only need to be about 15 inches off the rear wall to sound fin... 
Matching Speakers to Components
Music Direct has a 60 day return policy. Best Buy is only 15 days now. Not good. Will have to search for other retailers online that offer more time to try out the speakers.In the past I was always able to demo in store. But over the last 15 years... 
Matching Speakers to Components
I'd hardly say reviews are worthless as long as you see the majority describing a certain product uniformly. That is a good indicator that certain attributes of the product are indeed present. But I agree that it can be used only as a gauge and ul... 
Matching Speakers to Components
Contacted a Tech at Dayton about the amp. He said the sensitivity is more important than the ohm rating. After doing some research online of other owners of this amp it seems as though an 8 ohm speaker with a sensitivity of at least 88 db will be ... 
Matching Speakers to Components
Based upon reviews I've read I have narrowed down my field of speaker choices to the Wharfedale Diamond 220 which is a neutral speaker. Wharfedale Denton's which are warm. NHT Absolute One 2.1 which is neutral to a bit warm. Magnapan MMG which was...