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I’m looking to upgrade my Magnum Dynalab MD106T???

I am wanting to upgrade my Magnum Dynalab MD106T tuner. It must have balanced outputs and doesn’t need to be a tube tuner. My current MD106T sounds nice but I’m wanting to upgrade. Any advice on a nice tuner to upgrade to would be appreciated. My 106T is nice sounding but I wonder what nicer is out there.
mitchb
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mitchb OP
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Probably Amperex. Are they good? They sound better than what I used to get from Magnum Dynalab. Two of them were $100 shipped. I’m enjoying my tuner again. I’ve found that these tubes got better with some play time. Maybe it’s my imagination but my tuner sounds good again.
gtagg
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I I have a Macintosh never use it 
I can’t stand commercials. Get a decent iPod. A good steaming radio of your choice. Way better and no commercials or talk. Gt
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Commercials and talk are part of the Dxing experience for me. I am enjoying my tuner again. It is actually quite nice.
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I’ve been playing with tubes and find my MD106T tuner to be quite nice. I just put in a pair of Siemens gold pins and the sparkle is nice. The Amperex Orange tubes are also quite nice. The Siemens may be nicer but more expensive.
tablejockey
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Enjoy your tuner.

If you REALLY want to experience FM tuner magic, you would need to listen this.
https://pitchperfectaudio.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/setting-a-precedent/

You will be hard pressed to even find one. It was the benchmark for everything after it.

Oh look.....there is a listing for one right now.
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisa5cb0-rel-646c-1-fm-tuner-rel-646c-1-fm-tuner-precedent-all-ori...
It was originally listed for $3K, the seller bumped the price up! He knows it will eventually sell.
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