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Hi .. For Sale one Treasured Opera Consonance - Reference 1.0 Tuner .. the item is less than one year old & Has the fabled 6n30 tube within,
I have had several Tuners over the years & this is the best so far, the only reason it is for sale is that I have obtained a Musical Fidelity quite by accident which hopefully is better than the Consonance..
The Consonance Tuner reference 1.0 are Currently for sale at approx £900, the item is completely as new .. so is the remote & manuals .. the Tuner Lid has been lined with Stillpoints ERS EMI/RFI suppressor @ £50
FM radio broadcasts have the potential to offer the finest sound quality. There is a vast wealth of program material available, twenty-four hours a day, and yet the tuner is often relegated to a secondary place in a hi-fi system. To catch and maintain every detail of a the broadcast requires a great deal of skill in both design and manufacture.
With Sovtek 6H30 vacuum tube output stage, the Reference Tuner 1.0 from Opera Audio continues the tradition of producing the best tube sounding tuners and is based on technology developed and refined by Opera Audio over 8 years. VFD display, auto-tuning and the exact memory, it's fully remote controlled and has multiple presets for all your favourite stations. Forty stations can be auto-scan-stored for FM/AM. The anti-jamming system the makes broadcast signal clear and articulate with minimal noise. This unit is a 220-240v Item
| Vacuum tube: |
Sovtek 6H30 x 1 |
| Mains Supply: |
230V 50Hz. |
| Preset Memory: |
40 stations |
| Dimensions / Weight : |
21cm x 43cm x 33cm (HxWxD) / 18kg (wood top panel) |
| FM : |
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| Tuning range: |
VHF/FM 87.5-108.5MHz |
| Sensitivity: |
(INF)10dB uV/m |
| Signal/Noise Ratio: |
55dB |
| Output level: |
700mV per channel at 100% modulation |
| AM : |
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| Tuning range: |
VHF/AM 522 - 1620 kHz |
| Sensitivity: |
(INF)60dB uV/m |
| Signal/Noise Ratio: |
45 dB |
| Output level: |
700mV per channel at 100% modulation |
Consonance Reference Tuner 1.0
FM stereo wipes out DAB
![[Annoying_display]](http://www.tnt-audio.com/jpeg/consonance_tuner_front.jpg)
The ingredients look suitable for the job and they're wrapped in a stylish package, the Consonance Reference trademark cherrywood strips are well secured to the lid and render it so inert that any aftermarket case damper won't make any difference. The presence of a valve in the output stage prompted me to try the ERaudio SpaceHarmoniser platform, but there was little difference between this and BrightStar Isonodes on an old prototype shelf.
![[Rear_socketry]](http://www.tnt-audio.com/jpeg/consonance_tuner_lid.jpg)
Conclusion
To drawing clear conclusions on the Consonance Reference Tuner 1.0 is a tough assignment. The 6H30 valve output stage certainly sweetens the sound, and the audio and power supply components have been well selected and there should be no matching problems with any amplifiers or cables.
The case work is splendid, I do like the look of the cherrywood strips and I especially approve of the effect they have on the box intertia. The power supply and internal layout are excellent for a tuner and the provision of AM does not seem to have affected FM perfomance at all.
I have to consider which of our readers is going to splash out £895 on a tuner, and whether this would be a good one to add to their shortlist. Tuner buyers are an endangered species, in the UK the dash to digital is all about cramming more stations into less waveband, not about quality, so the service life of any new purchase may be dictated by this. That means any new tuner purchase will last at least 8 years, according to current policy rumours. That works out at about £2 per week for the Consonance Reference 1.0.
As a stand-alone purchase in another system a user would have to be very serious about radio to justify £895 on a tuner. That much radio enthusiasm is also likely to want more from the radio facilities, like selectable inter-station muting, selectable selectivity, maybe a tuning meter to enable manual tuning among the overcrowded airwaves.
In the context of other Consonance family electronics the Reference 1.0 tuner looks & sound will no doubt delight potential owners of Consonance amplifiers. During the review period, listening to BBC national radio everyday I listened only to the Consonance, never feeling an urgent need to switch to one of my alternatives like the Accuphase. If readers already have a matching Consonance amplifier they need have no doubts about buying the matching Reference 1.0 tuner. Owners of other systems may be put off by the lack of FM facilities, despite the Consonance's obvious superb sound quality.
There are not enough good interesting FM tuners around in hifi in the 21st century and I am pleased that Consonance are making one.
On 15-May-08 at 13:57:26 BST, seller added the following information:
BUY IT .. THE ITEM IS QUITE HARD TO OBTAIN ... I Will INCLUDE A RUSS ANDREWS POWER CABLE!
On 18-May-08 at 13:27:23 BST, seller added the following information:Hi ..
You only have until midnight Sunday GMT as I have one offer on the Table!
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