FM Tuners

This has been very helpful. Thank you for your recommendations.

Regarding the reception of a tuner in general, am I likely to pick-up about the same stations as I do in a car with an indoor antenna?

With the same antenna, is the reception similar between tuners? Or are some tuners clearly better with reception?

Ha Big Greg, I was writing my question about antennas before your response!

You may be able to get a decent amount of stations with a $2.00 dipole. Rooftop is mandatory for optimum performance.

Unless you like Classical/Jazz and NPR, everything else is not worth the effort. Perhaps you're in an area with a decent sounding Rock station? Here in SoCal, the choices are limited along with terrible SQ.

My daily driver is a 1965 Mcintosh MR71-13 tubes of  good ol FM

You may be able to get a decent amount of stations with a $2.00 dipole. Rooftop is mandatory for optimum performance.

 Agreed!

The best reception I have was with my Sony XDR-F1HD tuner. It is discontinued but was super cheap. There are a lot of other posters who also think this little guy has the best reception. I got mine modified by this guy.

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I am no longer using the Sony because my other 3 tuners sound a bit to a lot better.

I have 2 Magnum Dynalab ST-2 antennas. I have 1 hanging upside down on the roof line and the other is inside on a window. I have a 3rd indoor antenna that is truly excellent but I cannot figure out what the name of the antenna is. I bought it a few years ago for about $100.

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In terms of reception the best to worst on my collection:

1) Sony XDR-F1HD (not using now but worked great with both type of antennas)

2) Accuphase T-101 (use indoor St-2)

3) Sansui T-9900 (use unknown indoor antenna)

4) Magnum Dynalab 108T (use outdoor ST-2)