Top Ten Tuners of all Time??

I’ll chime in on this very old thread. My current tuners are a McIntosh MR78 and a Marantz Model 20. I’ve also owned an Onkyo T9090II, Dynaco FM-3, and Magnum MD105, and I briefly had a McIntosh MR71 for audition (it needed a lot of work). 
For me, the MR78 is the best I have owned. The 20 has its charms and is as enjoyable as the MR78, but I still put the 78 as tops 

Hi, why don't have a look at tunerinformationcenter or Vintageknob  Pretty informative with different biases. Most audio manufactures made a good tuner but some really stand out. The best i have heard: Accuphase 109v, Pioneer f-26, Sony j88B, Sony st-a7, Revox b760, Luxman TU-117, Tandberg 3011, Yamaha ct700, Kenwood 917, Sansui TU-919/717. All analog tuners even from same manufacturer sound different to each other, same does apply for early digital ones but to a lesser extent. I ended up with ST-J88B, an inspired design, easy to upgrade parts and service, if needed- most importantly beats most in sound quality and beauty.

Back in the day the tuner was on the majority of the time , no time to flip records are you kidding,...My place was a drop in centre with a lot going on and with the tuner on more then the TV and turntable combined the convenience of this component was tremendous.

The 1970s were bit of a blur though I do remember a couple of large Sansui receivers I owned until I discovered the Absolute Sound Magazine around 1980 .
Some how I ended up buying a Sansui TU-X1 which I recently sold a few years ago . I had a notion that bigger had to be better and my memories of the large Sansui receivers influenced me.

I never had it modified however I did have it aligned though I was always amazed of the sound quality of a good FM broadcast even using receivers back in the day it took a lot to better it .

I’ve had good Yamaha & McIntosh tuners.
I’ve had three Magnum Dynalab FT-101A. They are really good.

It wasn’t until I used a reference quality interconnect with it that I realized how very good that model really is.

I wanted to take it up a notch so I skipped over the Etude & MD-90 and got an MD-102.

I am extremely happy with the MD-102. It is a significant upgrade from the FT-101A. It has the upgraded audio section with big caps.
This is my forever tuner.

I like my Technics ST-9600 a lot. Sounds great and pulls stations like jack the bear.