I am a big fan of tubes but I use a Fanfare FT 1a and a Magnum Dynalab MD 102. Both great tuners. The Fanfare is an amazing tuner for when it was built. I think around 94. You can find them cheap and they sound great and have great reception. If you can find a B&K 108 it is essentially the same tuner. Built for B&K by Fanfare
tube tuner or solid stat tuner
Hello looking for advice, I have a very simple solid state system which i like. Not looking to replace any existing units. Would adding a tube AM/FM tuner to it, have any advantage over a solid state tuner? The tube tuners seem to be a little more money. So being solid state system would be adding tube tuner be worth it?
The solid state Preamp is a Esoteric CO 3x
The solid state Amp is a fully restored Mark Levinson 335
The Disc player is a Esoteric KO 3x
Thank you for your time and info.
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@tablejockey, According to Audio Classics, the MR 78 is the best sounding solid state Tuner McIntosh made. I was wrong about it being tubes, I should have known better. |
My tube tuner, a Magnum Dynalab 108T is a bit warmer sounding than my best SS tuner, a Accuphse T-101. Both sound excellent but the tube one was about 6x more expensive. In hindsight, even though the MD 108T sounds incredible, I could live without the tube tuner given the high quality of my refurbished Accuphase. I also have a refurbished SS Sansui 9090. It is not as good as the MD and Accuphase but pretty close. The Accuphase and Sansui cost me $1200 and $700. I consider that a steal for the sound they produce. I have commented on other tuner threads why I like my FM reception over the same internet stream so I will not repeat here.
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