What are some excellent mid -priced tuners?

At $1600 plus an additional $400 for the remote controlled version, you may not consider the top-of-the-line Magnum Dynalab MD100 a "mid price" tuner, but I absolutely love mine. I wouldn't trade it for anything, and having a remote controlled tuner is one of life's greatest pleasures. It's sort of like buying your first microwave oven: after you buy it, you wonder how you lived without it. If the tuner is on while you're reading and you want to skip the commercials, you just hit a button on the remote without getting up... just like in the car. If you want an MD100, be careful when shopping. There is no difference in the model number between the one WITH the remote and the one WITHOUT it. If you're shopping the audio sites for a used one be sure which version you're looking at, but sonically you can't go wrong.

IMHO get the Audio Refinment Complete tuner (YBA)... Around $700 and will not disapoint you... I tried it against a few high priced tuner like the Sim Audio Air Tuner and ended being as good if not better (at half the price)... I also tried the MD100 from Magnum Dynalab and I would still choose the Audio refinment...

Don't forget to get the best antenna possible. This will make a BIG difference...

i second the mac 67. at your price range i do not think you can do better. marantz 10b if you can find one at that price level. i have heard the md and fanfare. a little thin to my tastes. sounds like radio. imo.

good listening

Jvr,

I know what you mean- I hate when a tuner sounds like radio, or when a CD player sounds like CD, or a Reel to Reel sounds like tape or especially when a turntable sounds like vinyl. Sorry for the sarcasm- I guess I just don't understand your comment. What should a tuner sound like if not Radio? What does the Mac 67 Tuner sound like?

I understand what Jvr means when he says some tuners sound like a radio - they are thin sounding as if you were listening to a jambox or old transistor radio - a good tuner will be full bodied in its presentation of the music just like listening to a CD player of high quality. I have a hard time liking a good many tuners for this very reason.