Are tuners getting worse?


Equipment Reviews in Stereo Review for last several years seems to indicate that FM performance even in premium receivers is not up to performance of several years ago. If I want a good stereo FM tuner should I be looking for something from the mid-80's? Any suggestions on good models/vintages for picking up on an auction or classified?
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Showing 2 responses by sedond

satch is right about all the garbage out there, (especially the compression used on pop-music stations, imo), but i think he's wrong to yust buy a so-so tuna, for the reasons nanderson mentions - a good tuna, w/a good antenna & a good radio station will be an excellent hi-quality music source.

as far as no good tunas being made any more, they're being made, yust that they're all really expensive! tunas like the naim nat-01, the linn kremlin, the magnum md108, the sequerra, are *killer*. see the related tuna thread for some good decent used tunas - and not all are crammed w/stuff waiting to break - like my onix bwd1 w/soap power supply, that i do a *lot* of critical listening to...

regards, doug

hi david,

while ewe don't have to spend a fortune on a good tuna, i tink yule have to go higher than $100. mebbe ewe can find a nec t6e for $100, that's the only one i can tink of at/near that price that's a good one. i have a nice adcom gft-1a (their best tuna) f/s if yure innerested - more than a bill, but less than 2! ;~)

go czech out that thread on tunas under $1k in the analoge section...

regards, doug