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dazzlevision · 21st Jan 2013, 5:18 pm

Hello Nick,

My HMV 2401 sounds pretty good on VHF (mono), for a "radiogram" (assisted in no small way, by the EMI speakers - also fitted in my larger Ferguson Transistagram, which also sounds rather good). I was quite impressed and that, together with its appearance, convinced me to restore and retain it.

If your similar tuner/amp was hissy (on radio, I presume?), I expect it was because it used the original Thorn/BRC SD1 mux decoder, a discrete components multiplex decoder, rather than the later Phase Locked Loop IC types.

Regards,

Dazzlevision

21st Jan 2013, 5:18 pm	#4
dazzlevision Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Near Swindon, North Wiltshire, UK. Posts: 3,612	Re: HMV model 2401 "Stereomater" restoration Hello Nick, My HMV 2401 sounds pretty good on VHF (mono), for a "radiogram" (assisted in no small way, by the EMI speakers - also fitted in my larger Ferguson Transistagram, which also sounds rather good). I was quite impressed and that, together with its appearance, convinced me to restore and retain it. If your similar tuner/amp was hissy (on radio, I presume?), I expect it was because it used the original Thorn/BRC SD1 mux decoder, a discrete components multiplex decoder, rather than the later Phase Locked Loop IC types. Regards, Dazzlevision