Top Ten Tuners of all Time??

The Sansui 9900 is a beautiful looking tuner. If you take inflation into account in the modern day, the 9900 would probably cost you a few thou to replace.

The TU-717 remains the real Sansui bargain though; a great sounding tuner which can be had for under $300 in excellent condition, and offers most of the aesthetics of the 9900.

From the '70's though, I'll still take my Marantz Model 125; a visual feast for both the eyes and ears -- especially with a blond cabinet.

I've never heard the Tandberg 3001A, but it appears to be almost visually identical to the 3011A that I bought a while back (with the exception of three extra buttons on the front of the unit and 8 gangs instead of 5).

What I do wonder is where the tuner.com site got the $2200 price tag for the 3001a from. An early 1980's review that I saw in regard to the 3001A and its matching amplifier listed the 3001A for $1195.

A full $500 more than the 3011A sold for during the same time period ($695). Given that the only real differences between the tuners appear to be 8 gang stages for the 3001A vs 5 gang stages for the 3011A (as well as a few extra buttons for the 3001A), it seems plausible that the ($1195) price for the 3001A is more accurate. However, if there was a significant difference in the exchange rate between the U.S. Dollar and Swedish Kroner, that might explain the nearly doubling of price at some time during their production.

Then again, this would have also accounted for a huge increase in the price of the 3011A as well -- from $695 to $1390.

Just more grist for the mill.

Accuphase T-100

Pioneer F-93, F-91 (Don't let anybody fool you, I can't hear the difference between the two, and I bet A/B testing would reveal that nobody else can either....)
Pioneer TX-9800/9500 II. The 9800 prevails in rural settings and the 9500 II has better selectivity.

My recapped Sansui G9000 is really a great sound. I'm imbarresed to say it approaches my 50K system in some aspects.