How is it ? that a tuner smokes the table ???

It depends.

I like FM but Fm has limited high frequency extension I think?

That might result in lower fatigue and more relaxation listening to good quality stations at least compared to other sources that extend to higher frequencies depending, at least in some cases.

I think it would be hard to make a general case that FM is better than good vinyl or digital though.

haha, your funny

How many below have heard the Dynalab MD109 ???
$9000.00 tuner

I would say I have heard most tuners listed below and
would say all though they sound good/great, they are not in the league of
the 109 tuner !

One comment/writer below has accurately described the sound between the tuner and table. Table sounds less coloured for sure but dosen't have more detail and less dynamic. May have a bit more depth though.

The tuner sounds similiar but has more dynamics and colorations, but is intimate, and just sounds damn good.

Most listeners that hear the two riggs, agree tuner wins.

Some dealers at the last California Audio show used the 109 as the source for their demos, its that good !

Well, surely no tuner can sound better than the table or CD used at the station to playback whatever is being broadcast, can it?

I can't imagine paying $9000 to listen to commercial FM radio.

It's important to remember that radio stations use serious processing in their transmission chains. First off, they brick wall filter at 50 Hz and 15Khz. Second, they compand the signal which is basically compressing then expanding the information in order to simplify the transmission of that signal through their STL path between the radio station and their transmit facility tower. Then it is Frequency Modulated (FM) or Amplitude Modulated (AM) for broadcast, and run through 20 to 100 thousand watt transmitters. Both of which are lossy mediums. Let's just say, those signals are dynamically compressed and band pass filtered to a very large degree.

This massive processing may or may not be pleasing in a system. How many times have you listened to a song on the radio, thought it would sound excellent in your system, bought it and then discovered that the vinyl or CD was poor at best by comparison? That would be because of the processing and the transmission characteristics. Processing is used on a very large scale during studio and mastering, but that processing usually pales in comparison to that used in a transmission chain.

Wonderful tuners such as those smooth sounding Magnum Dynalabs are indeed nice, but be careful to not confuse "nice" with "accurate".