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Your Favorite Top 10 tuners all time

Here is an alphabetical list of what I consider it deserve a nomination:

Accuphase all tuners
Audiolab 8000T
B&K TS-108
Carver TX-11a
Carver TX-11b
Denon TU-800
Denon TU-850
Fisher FM-1000
Harmon Kardon Citation 23
Hitachi FT-5500
JVC FX-1010TN
JVC FX-1100
kenwod kt-5020
Kenwood KT-1100
Kenwood KT-3300D
Kenwood KT-815
Kenwood KT-8300
Kenwood KT-917
Kenwood KT-990D
kenwood L-01T
kenwood l-02t
kenwood l-03t
Kenwood L-07TII
Kenwood L-1000T
Kenwoods 600T
Luxman T-117
all magnum dynalab tuners
marantz 10b
McIntosh MR 71
McIntosh MR 78
McIntosh MR 80
McIntosh MR-67
Meridian 104
Meridian 504
Mitsubishi DA-F20
NAD 4155
Nikko Gamma I
Nikko Gamma V
Onkyo T-4310R
Onkyo T-4500
Onkyo T-9090II
Perreaux TU3
Phase Linear 5000 series 2
Philips AH-6731
pioneer f-26
pioneer f-28
Pioneer F-90
Pioneer F-91
Pioneer F-93
Pioneer F-99X
Pioneer TX-7800
Pioneer TX-9100
Pioneer TX-9500
Pioneer TX-9500II
Pioneer TX-9800
Realistic TM-1001
REL Precedent
Revox B760 and B260
Rotel RHT-10
Rotel RT-990BX
SAE Mark tuners
Sansui TU-417
Sansui TU-517
Sansui TU-717
Sansui TU-719
Sansui TU-919
Sansui TU-9900
Sansui TU-D99X
Sansui TU-S9
Sansui TU-X1
Sansui TU-X701
Sansui TU-X711
sanyo t55
Scott 310E
Scott 335
Sequerra
Sherwood Micro/CPU 100
Sony ST-J88B
sony ST-S707ES
Sony ST-S555ES
Sony ST-S730ES
sony ST-SA5ES
Sumo Charlie
Tandberg 3001
Tandberg 3011A
Technics ST-8077
Technics ST-8080
Technics ST-9030
Technics ST-9038
Technics ST-9700
Technics ST-G7
Yamaha CT-7000
yamaha t-2
yamaha t-7
yamaha t-70
yamaha t-80
Yamaha T-85
yamaha T-900
yamaha T-930
yamaha T-950
Yamaha TX-1000
Yamaha TX-2000

If by mistake I forgot any tuner out, sorry for inconvenience. Anyhow this is a comprehensive list.
rmihai
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almarg
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I've been through about a dozen tuners over the years, mostly vintage tube units, but a few modern ones as well including a Carver TX-11. The vintage ones include a REL (Radio Engineering Laboratories) Precedent (from 1954), two different Marantz 10B's, a McIntosh MR71, and numerous Scott and Fisher units.

By far the one with the best sound quality has been the now 55-year old REL Precedent (with a Scott or Fisher multiplex adapter to decode the stereo). The best in terms of station-getting ability have been the REL and the 10B's, which I found to be about equal (both significantly better than the Carver unit, which has proprietary digital processing claimed to provide extra-special sensitivity).

Note: Please no inquiries about the REL -- it is not for sale and will not be. I no longer have the 10B's or the MR71.

Regards,
-- Al
arahl
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Sansui TU-919, modified by Antenna Performance Systems, has retired the trophy for me.
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brucebraun
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I currently own:

Kenwood KT-8300 (bought on New Year's Eve 2009 for $220 via local Craigslist. Looks like new).

Accuphase T-101 (bought new in 1975, when I was in 8th grade. Also bought E-202 at same time. Paid on lay-away until my mom offered to pay-off the balance for my birthday. Otherwise, I'd still be paying. The owner of the local record shop carried TEAC and had these set-up on loan from TEAC distributor as as demonstrators. To my knowledge, no one in my town ever ordered any Accuphase; mostly Realistic Optimus from Radio Shack)

Dyna FM3 (bought new as a kit directly from Dynaco when I was in 10th grade. I was facsinated by the tuning eye).

Insignia HD-TUNE (Best Buys for $49 on sale. Bargain HD FM performer. Bought in November 2009 to experiment with HD FM before investing in a more expensive HD FM tuner.)

Sansui TU-9900 (bought it and CA-2000 pre-amp new from local stereo shop when I was in high school and paid on lay-away. I thought it was way-cooler than the Accuphase T-101. Now, I think the T-101 is way-cooler.)
cyclonicman
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Dynaco FM3
cpark
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Linn Kremlin is also very nice, natural sound
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