Dynaco FM-5 Tuner. Is it still worth the money to service and possibly upgrade??

To Schubert:    I had one before and reluctantly agree with you.  I received the Terk Antenna last night, so I will try it. I only want to hear the Grateful Dead Hour, and some local classical music broadcasts from the Disney Music Center which should be called the Frank Gehry MC.  He is the architect;  and the building has become the most photographed structure in the Los Angeles downtown He designed an art museum in Bilbao Spain similar to the L.A. structure which awesome  

I will let you know. SJ

Coolhunter, Is this the tuner that was reviewed in Stereophile about 5 years ago by Sam Tellig?? What is the model number?? 

Who sells it at a discount??  Zounds?? BH Camera in Chicago??

Barrysandy, Thank you for the reply. The information is helpful. However I doubt Van Alstine  would do an the upgrade on an FM-5   for less than $300.00 plus round trip shipping.  I assume if he still does upgrades, he would also check the alignment

I  will only use the tuner to listen to some classical music, and possibly local rock stations.  However, the good rock stations are typical, that is, mulitples of commercials that are louder than broadcast volume and also irritating.   I also wanted to see if I could receive Grateful Dead Hours, but many stations have lost interest and have cancelled  their programing.  The college stations are OK, but few and far between. There is a  station in Chino,  California which is about 400 miles from L.A., but that is not going to be received unless I launch my own satellite.