Which Tuner?

I just bought mine from Fanfare Electronics, check the wonderful web pages at www.fanfare.com This tuner is AMAZING. I reviewed several others, and this one stands out. Very musical, excellent design.

Been through the best and settled on the Accuphase T109. Simply superior in all areas, including build. Good luck!

Certainly, the MR-78 is a very fine tuner. It may be the the worlds all time favorite Mac tuner. But IMO and others the CT-7000 is in a class above. Both Stereophile and Absolute Sound ranked it and the Sequerra I (Dick Sequerra designed the Marantz 10) as the two top tuners for several years. Of the two, Both publications preferred the CT-7000. Absolute Sound ranked the MR-78 in their next class down (Class I) but with reservations; citing audible 19-kHz carrier noise. The shop where I bought my CT-7000 (used)had a MR-78 available at the same time--at a considerably higher asking price. I preferred the sound of the Yamaha as did the others present. Another interesting tuner might be Kenwood's KT-917. It was their super tuner of about 20 years ago. Again, quite rare. I cannot comment on its sound as I have only seen them.

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.

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! :>)

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.

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.

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

have you looked into the mcintosh mr78...one of the best fm tuners ever made..better than mag dyna ft??