A bit too "non-audiophile", but what are your favorite high-end tuners based on Looks?


Perhaps a bit too "non-audiophile", but what are your favorite high-end tuners based on Looks?

jusam

McIntosh MR-67, 71, 73, 74, 77. Understated elegance. Too bad Mac added that hideous bezel in the MR-78, and switched from their nice original knobs to the ones with the black front. 

Opps, anyway, that's what my Citation 18 tuner looks like. It looks even nicer on the inside if your into high quality military like build specs. Most boards are plug in and all the sockets have the wire's labeled on the chassis for easy service.

 

BillWojo

I’m a broken record, because I always mention this in tuner threads

REL-which inspired Saul Marantz to develop the 10B and then there’s everthing else

Nothing "non audiophile" about the REL Precedent or Marantz 10B.

My daily driver is a 1965 Mcintosh MR71. Not in that league, but a close 2nd(Modaferi modded)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not in particular order,

Onix BWD1, Pioneer F26, Sony STJ88B, Trio L02, Sansui TU9900,

Yamaha CT7000, Kyocera T910.

Never heard the Kyocera, even though one of the best looking i assume it would not match the others for sonics.

I’m looking at those Magnum dynolab tuners over at audio advisor, the cheapest one , the 90 model, is $1400, ouch. They do look pretty cool. For now I use my plain Jane Cambridge audio t500. I do own a vintage Kenwood kt 4007, with the blue dial and the signal strength/tuning meters. Looks pretty nice, but may need an alignment.