Audio Dynamics 2000E (1988)
A tuner that remembers ten AM and ten FM stations, quiets down at 16.2 dBf in mono, and hides its brains behind a remote jack the matching amplifier already owns.
Overview
The T-2000E came out of Audio Dynamics' late-Eighties push under the ADC name. Its spec sheet reads like a tuner designer showing off. Usable FM sensitivity is 11.2 dBf, and 50-dB quieting comes at 16.2 dBf in mono and 40 dBf in stereo. The stereo number is the one to watch. Plenty of tuners from the period quote a pretty mono figure and then fall apart when the multiplex decoder switches in. Audio (November 1988, p.30) listed the tuner in its "What's New" column at $349, which put it squarely in serious component-tuner territory.
The features are where the T-2000E earns its keep. Preset memories hold ten AM and ten FM stations, twenty total, which in 1988 was a genuine convenience rather than the afterthought it became a decade later. Schotz noise reduction handles the weak-signal hiss that plagues fringe-area FM listening. Capture ratio is held at 1.5 dB across the entire signal range from 25 to 65 dBf. That tells you the front end was designed for real-world reception and not just a bench at one input level. Separation is quoted at 30 dB across the audio band.
The remote is the detail collectors tend to forget. The handset supplied with the Audio Dynamics CA-2000E integrated amplifier will also operate the tuner, according to Audio (November 1988, p.30). You rarely see that documented on a standalone tuner sheet. It hints that Audio Dynamics intended these pieces to be bought as a stack, not as orphans. The CA-2000E itself was a 100-watt-per-channel integrated amplifier, listed at $699 in HiFi-Stereo (February 1990, p.101), so the $349 tuner sat at roughly half the price of its amplifier partner.
There's an identity trap here for anyone searching for one of these today. The "2000E" designation turns up in Audio Dynamics' catalog attached to more than one product line, and the CA-2000E amplifier shares the suffix. Buyers chasing a "2000E" on the used market should confirm whether they're looking at the T-2000E tuner or the CA-2000E amplifier before committing. The model numbers overlap and the listings don't always make the distinction clear. The tuner is the piece with the preset memories and the Schotz circuit. The amplifier is the 100-W/ch integrated with the CD-direct switch and the moving-coil and moving-magnet load selector.
Production years for the T-2000E are not documented in available sources. The November 1988 Audio mention establishes it was on the market by that autumn, and the 1990 HiFi-Stereo directory still lists the CA-2000E amplifier, but the tuner's own run is not confirmed. Treat any claim of a specific production span with suspicion.
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