Which Tuner?

i suggest a refurbished vintage fisher tube tuner - will outperform dynaco -

The most underappreciated super tuner ever made is the Yamaha CT-7000. It was rated Class A by Stereophile (JGH)(it replaced the Marantz 10B as his reference and top rated tuner) and "State of the Art" by Absolute Sound- along with Sequerra-- a very rare designation. Grab it you can find one. It blows away MR-78's and you probably will pay considerably less for it. The chassis is stainless steel and was available in either silver or black faceplate--mine is silver.

IMHO...i seriously doubt that any fm tuner "blows away" the mr-78 mcintosh. this tuner has one of the top sensitivities, s/n ratio's, selectivity, rejection and separation stats available even after 20+ years. i have this unit and it is an extremely engaging, original source like component.

i've heard the magnum ft-101a in my system - nice tuner! wouldn't trade my onix bwd1 w/soap power supply for one, tho! i have "horrible" reception - i live on the bottom of a ~1500' ridge, facing west, & the stations i listen to are ~60 miles east! w/the aid of an aps antenna, my onix gives me excellent sound on the jazz/world & classical stations in my area. no decent rock stations in my area, but the lousy ones also come in fine! :>)

I really like my Accuphase T-100. It has depth on live BSO broadcasts. I wish it had presets and a remote because I am lazy.