Vincent Hybrid AM/FM Tuner with RDS - Black or Silver (STU-2)

Despite the fact that development is constantly moving in the direction of digital audio format and towards audio video systems with an increasing number of channels, high quality stereo systems still enjoy a large degree of popularity. Very few options are available for those, who wish to combine top-of-the-line amplifiers with an equally good FM tuner.   

The STU-2 is an AM/FM tuner with remote control function from the Vincent product range. The built in preamplifier circuitry is based on the vacuum tube 6N16, creating an enjoyable sound full of suspense.

This circuitry is a variant of the transistor- tube hybrid technology Vincent brought to perfection, combining the advantages of amplifiers using transistors and amplifiers using tubes. The outcome of extensive developmental work and component selection is a tuner that brings out the maximum from the FM transmitter signals.

The audio reproduction of a dwindling number of radio stations, who transmit high-quality music without excessive signal compression, will become a pleasurable experience that extends to the visible appearance of this device by the presence of a tube display window.

Other features of the tuner are its remote controllability, RDS functions, 30 station memories as well as a display screen that can be dimmed and switched off. Highest quality workmanship and an excellent prize-performance ratio are the most obvious features.   

This tuner is a perfect partner for amplifiers as well as DVD players, CD players, tuners, headphone amplifiers and loudspeakers from the Vincent range. In combination with the HiFi furniture and speaker cables from the range, one can build a perfectly harmonious system.     

Valves as a design element but also to raise the sound when listening to the radio to a previously unimaginable level. That is what the STU-2 reveals even at first glance. The 12AU7 in the preamplifier area, housed behind a 6mm aluminium front, gives this extraordinary radio its character. In the output area, FET transistors provide a distortion free signal.

Vincent STU-2 Hybrid Tuner RDS Specifications

Tuner Frequency Range:
 FM: 87 MHz-108 MHz, AM: 522 kHz-1611 kHz
Sinsitivity:
 FM: Mono 5 dBu, AM: 65 dBu/m,
Frequency Range: 30 Hz - 15 kHz +1 dB/- 1.5 dB
Signal to Noise Ratio:
 FM: Mono: 72 dB, Stereo: 70 dB, AM: Mono: 50 dB bei 80% mod
Distortion:
 FM: 0.4 %/0.5 %, AM: 0.8 %
Channel Separation: 40 dB
Tubes: 2 x 6N15, 1 x 6DJ8
Output: 1 x RCA
Mains Supply: 230 V/50 Hz
Weight: 4.6 kg
Dimensions (WxHxD): 430 x 95 x 340 mm

TubeLine Series from Vincent

Wherever you are, wherever you're going - Berlin knows how to entertain you. Here music lives and is reinvented every day. At open-air concerts or at the famous jazz festival, Berlin always shows itself as charming, like our tubeLine. Listen to the sweet soft undertones, the deep sonorous voice, the harsh contrast with the jazz musician giving his best to his tunes and everything will suddenly seem very close and you'll feel a faint breath of nostalgia.

About Vincent - born in Germany 1995

This story began very quietly. It would get louder, yes, later there'd even be rumbles and shouts. Unfortunately it couldn’t be otherwise. But for the moment it was so quiet that we didn't dare speak in anything but whispers and even this single “Psst” sounded like an explosion.

It all started with a quite ordinary question: How do I make High End affordable? Uwe Bartel set off looking for a valve amplifier by the direct route, working logically and continuously. The first step, the introduction of the SA-1 valve prestage and the D-150 output stage, still made a very quiet sound in the press but one that couldn't be missed. Then it got a bit louder when Vincent expanded its product range and regularly thrilled the specialist press – and music lovers in particular.

The rumble was powerful and certainly justified because the new Vincent products were now electronically redesigned and presented in a solid metal housing. Now the Vincent brand was making a really audible bang in the specialist press and putting prestige brands in the shade again and again.

Bartel, the electronics engineer, is constantly surprising everyone with his innovations. So he is always expanding Vincent's product range and always ensures a sensation and a whole lot of noise in the 2-channel electronics sector.

Loud and with feeling: Vincent also offers some highlights for the fans of multi-channel in the sector of mono output stages. In combination with the Vincent speakerLine and the cableLine this makes music enthusiasts ...

Treat yourself to an extraordinary listening experience!