audioboat Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Item: CARVER TX-11a AM/FM STEREO TUNER Location: MELBOURNE 3072 OR 3057 DURING BUSINESS HOURS Price: $90.00 NEG Item Condition: 7/10 in perfect working condition with some fine scratches on the top cover (see attached photos) Reason for selling: NLR Payment Method: Pickup -COD Only Extra Info: The TX-11a has the FM section of the TX-11, and adds a very special AM Stereo section. The AM section is quite unlike anything else: it's wideband and has a Motorola C-QUAM stereo decoder, not that anyone is broadcasting in AM Stereo anymore. The AM section has full low-frequency response; it's not rolled-off as it is on all other consumer tuners. In Stereo, it cancels, not filters, the 25 Hz pilot. On AM, it has a very clever and patented noise blanker to improve listening, and most importantly, has superb high-frequency response not found on other consumer AM tuners. Since it has such great AM response, it also has a patented 10 kHz notch to remove beats. On AM, as well as FM, it has two IF bandwidths. Even at Narrow, the AM section is far superior to any other consumer AM tuner. In all honesty, all consumer AM tuners sound like you're listening through a paper-towel roller because consumer tuners roll-off the high and low audio frequencies. This Carver tuner does not, and sounds like a professional AM broadcast monitor. On AM, it also picks up far more and better long-range broadcasts than other AM/FM tuners, and on decent signals, sounds just like what's going over the air, and not like a honky little radio like every other AM section. Listen, and you'll be astounded: the AM section of this Carver sounds better then AM HD radio because it has none of the digital data compression artifacts that make HD radio sound swimmy and wishy-washy. The full review of the tuner can be found: https://kenrockwell.com/audio/carver/tx-11a.htm Pictures: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soundscape Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 @djb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misternavi Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 I bought this! david was good to deal with and the tuner in AM sounds REALLY good. In FM i finally get stereo even without an antenna. way better than my Nad tuner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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