Finally The Set Is Completed

[dakatabg]

Today I got my Dynaco FM-3 tube tuner and now I have the set completed! It sounds so so good with the Dynaco SCA-35 tube amp! Now the amplifier has a lot more power than before with this tuner! I cleaned it and sprayed with contact cleaner all the pots! I also cleaned the analog tuner inside.

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[JoeE SP9]

I used to have a PAS-3, Stereo 70 and FM-3 all built from the kits by yours truly. The beginning of the end for them was when I heard an ARC SP-3 pre amp. I unloaded all three to buy the SP-3. I wish I had kept the Stereo 70.

[dakatabg]

They are great units! They match so good and they sound very very good. I am listening to the system now! The tuner catches every station perfectly!

[Feanor]

That's great, Dakata; it brings back memories for me too.

My first hifi system, made by me from the kits, was the Dyna FM-3 tuner, the PAT-4 s/s preamp, and Stereo 80 s/s power amp. The tuner was by far the trickest to assemble BTW. I soon went for all solid state, replaceing the FM-3 with the FM-5.

I often wonder if my long hifi journey would been different it, like Joe, I'd started with the PAS-3 and Stereo 70 tube components instead of the solid state

[dakatabg]

I saw the FM-5 but I wanted to stick to the tube tuner since the amp is tube. The FM-5 is a lot cheaper than the FM-3. I got it on very good price and minty! Now I am enjoying the set. Alot more power than before on the amp, I don't even know why but they match perfect! I cleaned the analog tuner with deoxit and it is catching the stations very good. I am very happy with the sound. I've been listening to it pretty much the whole day!

[Feanor]

I saw the FM-5 but I wanted to stick to the tube tuner since the amp is tube. The FM-5 is a lot cheaper than the FM-3. I got it on very good price and minty! Now I am enjoying the set. Alot more power than before on the amp, I don't even know why but they match perfect! I cleaned the analog tuner with deoxit and it is catching the stations very good. I am very happy with the sound. I've been listening to it pretty much the whole day!
Yeah, for sure, with the tube amp I'd want the FM-3 -- and it does look great.

BTW, the FM-5 is solid state but is also "analog"; it doesn't use quartz tuning.

[JoeE SP9]

Back then I auditioned a Stereo 80 and 120. The ST-70 sounded much better to me. When I sold the PAS, FM-3 and ST-70 for an ARC SP-3 I replaced the ST-70 with a pair of MK-III's. The FM-3 was replaced with an Accuphase T-101 which I still have. I still have the MK-III's although they have little resemblance to the originals. Only the transformers are in use,

[Hyfi]

Nice! One of my brothers still has the working kits of all of them too. They went great with the old AR5s.

[dakatabg]

I am so tempted to find a pair of Dynaco A-25 or higher model! I have never had a Dynaco speaker pair and everyone says how good they are!