High Quality FM Tuner - Advice

I was another in the same position. I considered the Fanfare, Magnums, and Tag. Probably couldn't go wrong with any of the above.

Fanfare and Tag are somewhat more fancier (especially the Tag), although you have to love the Magnum's look and meters. If you have multi-path problems, the Tag is probably the way to go but it's more expensive.

I finally went with the MD102 given the balanced out capability and wonderful sound. If your system is up to the task, this tuner is special and extremely smooth and musical. Ultimately, it's also a good buy here on Audiogon. Picked up mine as a demo in mint shape for about $1,700. It's a frequently available piece and usually listed new, or like new for $1650 - 1900. At this price, a great buy.

I don't know that I would have paid $2500 list for it.

Hope this helps.

The Yamaha CT-7000 is one of the all time great tuners and doesn't command a high price. They show up once in awhile.

pkron

Lots of good suggestions above, but you should also add a Tandberg tuner (model 3010?) to your list. There was one listed here on Audiogon a few days ago for about $375 -- the Tandberg was and remains one of the great tuners ever made.

The Day Sequerra remains my favorite, but I'm not sure if it's still made. It was so good that it forced me to get a top-quality roof antenna to take advantage of its capabilities. A work of art. All of the ones mentioned above are excellent, although my suggestion would be to get an analog tuner with a signal strength meter (I think the Magnums meet this description), you don't realize until you have such a capability how much of a difference it can mean to get a signal precisely locked in.

The Magnum Dynalab 102 is absolutely the best! I have three tuners, including the Fanfare FT-1A and like the MD's sound and meters the best. No remote, though, which the Fanfare has. Both available used at good prices. Also, you can find the Day Sequerra used for about $2800. Good luck!