Is the Fisher 500C a good tube receiver?

The Fisher 500c is a great tube receiver that will surprise you if you think old tube audio are muffled and tubby. Very smooth yet detailed with no top-end roll-off like some say about tubes. Tube rolling is cool too. If is quit amazing the differences in sound you can achieve with replacing some 12AX7th.

Where are the circuit boards on a Fisher 500C?

Fisher 500C receiver. View from the underside. No circuit boards here! The blue and white wires running at the top side of the receiver are the new ones from the switch. Once I replaced the three wires and the capacitor I switched on the receiver and now everything seems to be OK.

What kind of faceplate does the Fisher 500C have?

And it looks great with a brushed aluminum face, real glass faceplate with immaculate blue “The Fisher” lettering and bird logos, and thick walnut cabinet. I was really excited to try it out. At first I hooked it up to my CF-4s and plugged in my iPod for some quick demos.

Which is the best tuner for a Fisher FM receiver?

The Fisher tuner sections are as good as it gets and IMO outperform most other FM tube type tuners in receivers. To achieve best sound from these vintage receivers is from installing the best tubes. I use Brimar CV4035 in the phono section.

The Fisher 500c is a great tube receiver that will surprise you if you think old tube audio are muffled and tubby. Very smooth yet detailed with no top-end roll-off like some say about tubes. Tube rolling is cool too. If is quit amazing the differences in sound you can achieve with replacing some 12AX7th.

How to restore a Fisher 500 C stereo?

The Dr. has lots of goodies to help you restore your 500-C, including electronic restoration packages (aka RESTO-PAKs), which come complete with caps and resistors and all sorts of doodads. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: (718) 948-7489.

What’s the price of a Fisher 500 C?

Current market prices of functional 500-Cs run from $175 to $600. The top of the range is reserved for cosmetically mint and electronically restored units. But you’ll be buying blind and deaf, so caveat emptor.

Is the Fisher 500 C phono stage good?

The 500-C’s phono stage is very good, offering wide dynamics, punch, and drive. The soundstage is wide and deep, giving up only a thumbnail of grain to cost-no-object designs. Footnote 1: The minimum input signal required in an FM receiver to produce a specified output signal of a specified signal/noise ratio.