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Wolverine 02-22-2009 11:18 AM

Harmon-Kardon radio??
 
I was just cruising E-Bay and this piece seemed the right price so I bought it.
Know nothing about it.
Anyone here have any info?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...id=p2759.l1259

mhardy6647 02-22-2009 11:37 AM

Just an old hk tuner. Nothin' special; probably sounds decent when/if it's in good working order. Probably needs some attention at this late date "for best results".

You can probably find the manual at:
www.harmankardon.com

EDIT: yeppers, here it is: http://manuals.harman.com/HK/Owner%2...ual/A200om.pdf


EDIT^2: looks like this tuner uses a half-wave selenium rectifier. That should really be replaced with a modern silicon diode (assuming it hasn't been already). This will require a little power-supply modification (extra dropping resistor) to allow for the more-efficient silicon rectifier.

Wolverine 02-22-2009 11:58 AM

MH

Thanks for the info!
I don't have any real expectations given the item description but I thought it might be interesting.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mhardy6647 (Post 2524356)
Just an old hk tuner. Nothin' special; probably sounds decent when/if it's in good working order. Probably needs some attention at this late date "for best results".

You can probably find the manual at:
www.harmankardon.com

EDIT: yeppers, here it is: http://manuals.harman.com/HK/Owner%2...ual/A200om.pdf


EDIT^2: looks like this tuner uses a half-wave selenium rectifier. That should really be replaced with a modern silicon diode (assuming it hasn't been already). This will require a little power-supply modification (extra dropping resistor) to allow for the more-efficient silicon rectifier.


mhardy6647 02-22-2009 02:01 PM

I have one of its slightly newer cousins. :-) I'll post a photo if I have one handy. These are not bad tuners at all... just don't expect them to be in the Fisher/Scott/Sherwood pantheon (much less the rarefied Mac/Marantz zone).

KentTeffeteller 03-06-2009 10:58 AM

Late 1950's vintage or so. Good tuner for the day. Not quite up to HH Scott, Sherwood or Fisher standards let alone McIntosh or Marantz but very fine performance when working correctly. A good buy!

Wolverine 03-06-2009 07:00 PM

Thanks everyone. Item showed up last week while I was on the road. plugged it in and it looks like the tubes glow. The tuner string has come loose and it needs a good cleaning. I will post pics when my camera batteries re-charge.


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