Fisher TFM-200

Documentation on the Fisher TFM-200 is thin. The record shows a solid-state FM-multiplex stereo tuner that Fisher marketed in 1965 as the companion to their TX-200 control amplifier. The two were sold as a matching pair, and the TFM-200 was priced at $229.50. High Fidelity (October 1965, p.26) listed its key specifications in an advertisement: a Nuvistor-Golden Synchrode front end, four IF stages, three limiters, a Stereo Beacon indicator, and 1.8 µV HF sensitivity.

Fisher's own advertising called the TFM-200 "Phase Two" of their solid-state program, following the previous year's more expensive transistorized introductions. The pitch was simple. You got the same reliability as the flagship designs and nearly the same performance, at a considerably lower price. The tuner was designed to match the TX-200 in both performance and appearance, so that good music would, as the ads put it, "deserve another."

Beyond those ads, surviving technical documentation is scarce. The one concrete figure in the database is a power consumption rating of 320 W. That looks high for a tuner alone, and it may be a combined figure or a catalog error. Production years, original pricing beyond the 1965 ads, and detailed circuit information are not documented in the available sources.

Known specs:

- Solid-state FM-multiplex stereo tuner

- Nuvistor-Golden Synchrode front end

- 4 IF stages, 3 limiters

- Stereo Beacon indicator

- 1.8 µV HF sensitivity

- Power consumption: 320 W

- 1965 price: $229.50