what's a good fm tuner?

I have 2 McIntosh tuners, a MR85 digital tuner and a MR88 tuner with FM HD and XM radio. It looks the same as the MR87 but with the HD audio and XM. It looks perfect sitting one shelf above my MC302 amp. I have also owned a Magnum Dynalab Etude, a MD100 and a MD102. My Mac tuners bested all 3 of the Magnum Dynalabs.

The MD 90 isnt entry level in performance.... it's quite good.   They have been making them since 98 so they are easy to find used.   I paid $899 new when they first came out.   I ended up sending it in for service a few years ago.  I inquired about upgrading it and ended up just sending them a check for $700 and buying a Certified MD102 that looked brand new.   I couldnt pass it up and i'm glad I have it.  I'm in the Boston area and can pick up NH and RI stations....

I and another guy I bumped into spent our lives persuing fancypants tuners only to end up with relatively modest Mitsubishis, for their lively and enjoyable sound.

Mine is a riot.  The front panel looks like The End Of The World but you open it up and it's empty.  Just a little bitty circuit board mounted in the middle of all that air.

Sony XDR-F1HD