There are so many good tuners when properly aligned, with many subtle differences. And making a considerable investment in a tuner doesn't always mean that you will get better sound.
If you live in an area where you receive many stations without reception problems, a simple and inexpensive tuner with clean circuit topology is all that's needed.
I have such reception and have found that inexpensive tuners like my NAD 402 and Sansui TU- 217 perform quite well, and sound great.
Some of my other tuners have better DX'ing capablities, but they're really unncessary here.
I have owned many excellent tuners over the past few decades including a 10B and Sequerra FM Studio. However, for less than the price of one of these I have more than ten tuners that are all great performers. And with vintage gear like this, it's nice to have so many pieces of equipment so that you don't over tax them.
Vintage gear's not meant to be a "daily driver" so to speak. It's meant to be used sparingly like a classic automobile.
Some of my tuners:
ReVox B261
McIntosh MR-65B
Tandberg 3011A
Sansui TU-217
NAD 402
Pilot MKIV
Three recent purchases which are on the way:
Kenwood KT-5300
Pioneer TX-7800
Yamaha T-1
And I am still at least $500 away from what it would cost for a nice Marantz 10B these days.
Sold my rack mounted 10B back in the mid 1990's for $1800. Given inflation (thanks to the Federal Reserve Bank) that would equate to about two and half grand these days.
Regards,
JimmyBlues
