FM Radio, anyone?

My brother has a Maganum Dynalab also. He gets some stations where he says if you didn't know it was FM, you would have  to listen critically to hear the difference between those FM stations and internet radio and many times the FM is better. But highly dependent on the station source/power etc.

Hey OP

That plan of yours would be nice. When i was growing up, I only had a Realistic FM tuner hooked up to an old HH Scot integrated tube amp and DIY speakers. Other members of my extended family, owned Marantz and Mcintosh, which I drooled in owning when I grew up. Now, I don't have a Mac nor Marantz as my Main room gear (got a Marantz and Denon on my AVR) but instead I went with other brand because, I get more Musicality with the other brand, but for my nostalgia sense, Mac and Marantz still holds a key.

A good indoor antenna is from Magnum Dynalab. I have 2 of the older ones called the ST-2. I recently got the latest on called the ST-3. It did take 9 months to arrive from the order date.

You can contact Bryston.ca and they will get you to the people who can process the order.

BTW - one of the best tuners at picking up signals is the small Sony that was mentioned earlier. That thing was incredible at locking into stations. Better than the MD 108T that I have. I do use the MD Signal Sleuth that helps.

I love my Fisher FM 90 tuner.  Sounds better than HK Citation, and any other transistorized tuner I've tried (probably a half dozen, starting with a Citation.)  My brother in law was so impressed he had me find hime a second one...which he uses.  The only solid state contender I've found in the transister world is the Carver 11 Tuner.  And by a small margin I still prefer the Fisher.

Marantz 10b (mine is a rack mount chassis stuffed into reproduction wood case), Marantz 7 and 8b into Cornwall IV’s,  magnum dynalab whip antenna. Living halfway between Seattle and Vancouver, I should really have a roof mounted antenna (suggestions appreciated).  Most of my listening during the day while puttering around the house is the 10b tuned to CBC radio playing classical until 3:00pm.  The combo just works. Wish I had more stations available that I enjoyed as much (roof mounted antenna?) Their Saturday evening jazz program is very good and I love sitting in the dark watching the glow from these relics that are nearly just as old as I, though they’ve aged much better.