Magnum Dynalab 109

And Mr. Sircom is only 1 person and any magazine review must be taken with a grain of salt. I've heard the 108 in my system but purchased the 106T. They are very close in performance and IMO the price differential is much too large unless of course it's an ego purchae.

FWIW, you can upgrade the "guts" of an MD108 to those of an MD109, including the triode stage. The cost is approximately $2,000. The announcement will appear on the MD website soon. My 108 was shipped out a week ago and should be returned with the upgrade in a few weeks.

Yes the "smoothness and richness from the 108 is in a class of its own" because MD has abandoned it.
In favor of the better sounding MOSFET-free tube triode output stage of the 106T for the new flagship 109.
I await Mr. Sircom's review with bated breath.

Info about the MD 108 :

sorry, nothing available for the 109, but maybe still interesting

http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue20/marantz10b.htm

http://positive-feedback.com/Issue22/tuners.htm