The Classik is extremely well thought out and an absolute pleasure to use once you take the time to get to know how to use it. The tuner is excellent - hard to tell the difference between it and the Linn Kudos - or CD for that matter. It pulls in weak stations very well - even with the cheap supplied aerial. With cable or a better aerial I imagine the reception would be astonishing. A reading of the units signal strength indicator of 40-50 brings in clear dynamic and wide bandwidth sound - (from quality broadcasters like NPR or CBC that is) - The strongest signal I have heard is around 67 using the basic supplied aerial - the sound was near perfect - almost better, more alive somehow than CD. Linn suggests that an ideal signal strength is around 75! - which can be achieved using a better aerial. I can only imagine what this would sound like - a direct feed from the studio maybe?
Other tuners I have had experience with are the Quad FM3, a Sansui, and a Luxman receiver. None of these even compare. The first time I heard the Classik I could hardly believe such quality was possible.
