Here are the pics of the complete FM-3 rebuild I did.
https://s1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc446/baddog1946/
https://s1212.photobucket.com/albums/cc446/baddog1946/
3 posters
FM-3 rebuild photos on photobucket
baddog1946- Posts : 319
Join date : 2010-02-03
Location : Costa Rica
WntrMute2- Posts : 116
Join date : 2010-11-21
Very nice looking. Are there more photos or just the half dozen or so? You've got me considering this as a next project.
baddog1946- Posts : 319
Join date : 2010-02-03
Location : Costa Rica
I can easily take more. This was a fun project and the donor tuners are not expensive if you are patient and wait for deals. I needed parts from three tuners to make this one. I will try to post some more in a day or so.
Pooch- Posts : 55
Join date : 2009-12-01
Age : 74
Location : Wa
Nice work! How is the FM3 for DXing? I have a rooftop antenna to pull Seattle about a 100 miles away. Some tuners won't pull very well at this distance.
baddog1946- Posts : 319
Join date : 2010-02-03
Location : Costa Rica
Hi: Pooch
I live in Costa Rica about 150 miles from the capital where all the big stations are and I get several stations from there with a god DX signal and a few more from Nicaragua which is about the same distance.
I get these on this newly refurbished tuner using only a small outdoor dipole antenna and the other stock tuners I have also get most of these stations but with intermittent stereo and some of the stations are not listenable in the stereo mode and have a lot of static depending on the weather etc.
The tuner I did with the new parts and motherboard is in a class by itself in comparison probably because it has all new parts with spot on values. I also spent a lot of time getting the alignment just right. Not as easy as Dynaco says in their build manual. The last few fine adjustments make a big difference.
This new tuner is very quiet and has no hum whatsoever. I think it is well worth the cost as the tube tone is superb.
I have an Onkyo SS tuner that sounds quite inferior to this tuner in A-B tests. My total cost for everything was less than $325.00 US. including the donor tuner.
Baddog1946
I live in Costa Rica about 150 miles from the capital where all the big stations are and I get several stations from there with a god DX signal and a few more from Nicaragua which is about the same distance.
I get these on this newly refurbished tuner using only a small outdoor dipole antenna and the other stock tuners I have also get most of these stations but with intermittent stereo and some of the stations are not listenable in the stereo mode and have a lot of static depending on the weather etc.
The tuner I did with the new parts and motherboard is in a class by itself in comparison probably because it has all new parts with spot on values. I also spent a lot of time getting the alignment just right. Not as easy as Dynaco says in their build manual. The last few fine adjustments make a big difference.
This new tuner is very quiet and has no hum whatsoever. I think it is well worth the cost as the tube tone is superb.
I have an Onkyo SS tuner that sounds quite inferior to this tuner in A-B tests. My total cost for everything was less than $325.00 US. including the donor tuner.
Baddog1946
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