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Budget tuner?

I was thinking of putting a tuner on my system just for periodic FM listening. If possible, I'd like to keep the price under $100 used. However, if there's nothing decent in that range please let me know. I don't know anything about tuners.

I've seen some for $50 and some for $500. I don't know what the difference is. I just want to listen to the radio.

I appreciate any help you can give. I'm using a NAD 370 integrated amp.
exander
aball
1,994 posts
 
I love my cheap Sony 550ES tuner. Also get a Magnum Dynalab ST2 antenna - makes a huge difference. Arthur
mattybumpkin
588 posts
 
Sansui T-80 off Ebay, nice sweet tuner for about $40-$50.

Or a Pioneer TX-7800 for $50-$100 (again off Ebay).

Regards,
brianmgrarcom
1,317 posts
 
Any Sansui TU-XXX tuner.
adasilva
57 posts
 
NAD 4300 (I own) or 4155 (check out fmtunerinfo.com ratings). The NAD 4300 originally retailed for $495 in 1988, I paid $125 on ebay and it is much, much better than the $1300 receiver that it replaced. I'm not a big fan of the older analog tuners (who needs extra work) as you can get a good solid state tuner as more and more people abandon the FM world. You can pay alot more and not get something as good.
elevick
2,439 posts
 
Get lazy and find a rotel, denon or sony with remote. I got my denon 380 for about $120 and it sounded as good as my MD101 for almost all broadcasts (there is very little high quality radio in my area). There might be the rare occasion where a live broadcast could be a little better, but for 500 less and a nice remote, it's worth having the denon.
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