Yamaha T-1

Clean sound, locks signals and very musical.

No presets....but I'm not a channel changer or button pusher.....at least not at home.

This tuner is just a well built component. No presets, but the quality of the signal and sound more than makes up for this inconvenience. The tuner adjustment knob 'feels' controlled and locks on weak signals well. I wish newer components had the weight and feel of older quality components like this one.

Excellent performance. Tuning scale is lit with a soft green light, fantastic at night.

No presets, but if you can live without them. you're laughing.

This is a superb tuner (made 1979) and a bargain too at current ebay prices. The T-1 is a very sweet sounding tuner, no harshness at all at any point in the soundscape. It is in no way fatiguing to listen to. Perhaps the best way to characterize it is that you don't notice that you are listening to an FM broadcast, all you are aware of is the music. It has an extremely good ergonomic layout. Controls are smooth to operate, particularly the tuning knob. Tuning is a cinch. As you hit a station, the dial indicator gets brighter, then a quick touchup on the tuner meter and you're right there. OK, it's got no presets, I like presets so I miss them on the T-1 but you can spin the tuning knob across the dial easily, no problem. I'm using the T-1 in Sydney, Australia where the FM stations are not that close together, so selectivity is not that big an issue. It is a very sensitive tuner and pulls in low powered stations very well. The vintage analogue tuner market is full of hype.There is no need to spend megabucks on a Kenwood, Pioneer, Sansui or any of the other fancied tuners. They are really not that much better than the Yamaha, if at all. What the T-1 offers in spades, is great performance, very good construction and a really cool look. One brilliant tuner!! I know it is a cliche to say they don't make them like this anymore, but it is true. The T-1 is solid, solid, solid all the way, in every respect.