I'm willing to trade my McIntosh MR77 tuner for some really good high-end cans with an amplifier.
The MR77 is one of the best of the truly great McIntosh tuners. Produced from 1970-1978, the MR77 was designed by Richard Modafferi and is still one of the most popular, highly regarded and sought-after tuners today. If you record music from FM radio stations, you really can't do much better without spending thousands more. The stereo separation is outstanding. The sound and performance rival CD quality. With a decent antenna it pulls in hundreds of stations. And like all McIntosh components it was designed and built to last a lifetime.
Lots of things are advertised as "like new" but this all-time classic FM stereo tuner really is. I bought it from the original owner and I'm convinced that it was very rarely used. Functionally, the unit is perfect. It just had a $220 professional cleaning and alignment. Cosmetically, it's almost perfect. The black glass face plate is pristine with absolutely no bubbling. The chrome is beautiful. There are two tiny scratches in the black paint on the upper front edge. You won't notice them unless you're looking for them.
The tuner comes in a beautiful walnut McIntosh L52 slant-leg cabinet with Panloc brackets. The slant-legs (more like rails) are much more desirable than feet because they allow the unit to be stacked on top of another McIntosh cabinet, a preamp for example, all of which have ventilation grills on top.
Here are the specs provided by longtime McIntosh designer, Roger Russell.
MR77 FM Tuner
ELECTRICAL: Sensitivity 2uV for 35dB of quieting. Response 20-15kHz (+1 -1dB). Distortion 0.2% in stereo. Capture ratio .25 dB detector only, 2.5dB complete tuner. Image rejection: 100dB at 90 MHz, 90 dB at 105 MHz IHF. S/N 75dB. Separation 40dB@1kHz. Spurious rejection 100dB. Selectivity: adjacent channel 6 dB IHF, carrier 47 dB down, alternate channel 50 dB IHF, carrier 90 dB down. SCA rejection 50dB 275 dB per octave slope.
FRONT PANEL: Glass front panel. Mode selector sw: mono, auto or stereo. Stereo filter sw: out, 1 or 2. Muting sw: out, distant or local. Volume with on-off switch. Tuning ctrl. Signal strength and tuning meters. MPX indicator. Multipath indicator.
BACK PANEL: Audio out 2.5V variable and 1V fixed. 300 or 75 ohm fm cable input. Scope outputs. Panloc mounting.
Size 5-7/16"H, 16"W and 13"D behind panel. Weight 27 lb. (packing not included) Sold from 1970-1978. Last retail price $699.00
I will pack it double-boxed with great care. Sorry, but I'm only willing to ship this unit within the US.
The MR77 is one of the best of the truly great McIntosh tuners. Produced from 1970-1978, the MR77 was designed by Richard Modafferi and is still one of the most popular, highly regarded and sought-after tuners today. If you record music from FM radio stations, you really can't do much better without spending thousands more. The stereo separation is outstanding. The sound and performance rival CD quality. With a decent antenna it pulls in hundreds of stations. And like all McIntosh components it was designed and built to last a lifetime.
Lots of things are advertised as "like new" but this all-time classic FM stereo tuner really is. I bought it from the original owner and I'm convinced that it was very rarely used. Functionally, the unit is perfect. It just had a $220 professional cleaning and alignment. Cosmetically, it's almost perfect. The black glass face plate is pristine with absolutely no bubbling. The chrome is beautiful. There are two tiny scratches in the black paint on the upper front edge. You won't notice them unless you're looking for them.
The tuner comes in a beautiful walnut McIntosh L52 slant-leg cabinet with Panloc brackets. The slant-legs (more like rails) are much more desirable than feet because they allow the unit to be stacked on top of another McIntosh cabinet, a preamp for example, all of which have ventilation grills on top.
Here are the specs provided by longtime McIntosh designer, Roger Russell.
MR77 FM Tuner
ELECTRICAL: Sensitivity 2uV for 35dB of quieting. Response 20-15kHz (+1 -1dB). Distortion 0.2% in stereo. Capture ratio .25 dB detector only, 2.5dB complete tuner. Image rejection: 100dB at 90 MHz, 90 dB at 105 MHz IHF. S/N 75dB. Separation 40dB@1kHz. Spurious rejection 100dB. Selectivity: adjacent channel 6 dB IHF, carrier 47 dB down, alternate channel 50 dB IHF, carrier 90 dB down. SCA rejection 50dB 275 dB per octave slope.
FRONT PANEL: Glass front panel. Mode selector sw: mono, auto or stereo. Stereo filter sw: out, 1 or 2. Muting sw: out, distant or local. Volume with on-off switch. Tuning ctrl. Signal strength and tuning meters. MPX indicator. Multipath indicator.
BACK PANEL: Audio out 2.5V variable and 1V fixed. 300 or 75 ohm fm cable input. Scope outputs. Panloc mounting.
Size 5-7/16"H, 16"W and 13"D behind panel. Weight 27 lb. (packing not included) Sold from 1970-1978. Last retail price $699.00
I will pack it double-boxed with great care. Sorry, but I'm only willing to ship this unit within the US.
