Hi Gary,
I just went through this last week. I went to a dealer who carried both product lines. This particular dealer felt that the Fanfare was the better tuner by far. I would up purchasing the Fanfare because of the reasons that Brian listed as well as the fact that it had balanced outputs. I am listening to it now and it sounds wonderful in my system attached only to a Magnum Dynalab silver ribbon indoor passive antenna, upscale rabbit ears.
The Etude has been replaced by the MD-100 so there should be reasonable prices on store demo or used Etudes on Audogon. This may make the Etude a more attractive purchase. It is a great sounding tuner. Feel free to Email with any questions.
Good luck,
Drew
I just went through this last week. I went to a dealer who carried both product lines. This particular dealer felt that the Fanfare was the better tuner by far. I would up purchasing the Fanfare because of the reasons that Brian listed as well as the fact that it had balanced outputs. I am listening to it now and it sounds wonderful in my system attached only to a Magnum Dynalab silver ribbon indoor passive antenna, upscale rabbit ears.
The Etude has been replaced by the MD-100 so there should be reasonable prices on store demo or used Etudes on Audogon. This may make the Etude a more attractive purchase. It is a great sounding tuner. Feel free to Email with any questions.
Good luck,
Drew