Budget tuner?


I was thinking of putting a tuner on my system just for periodic FM listening. If possible, I'd like to keep the price under $100 used. However, if there's nothing decent in that range please let me know. I don't know anything about tuners.

I've seen some for $50 and some for $500. I don't know what the difference is. I just want to listen to the radio.

I appreciate any help you can give. I'm using a NAD 370 integrated amp.
exander

Showing 1 response by michaela

I'm going to disagree just a little from the above post. I've been watching tuner sales on ebay, etc for a while now, and it appears to be a seller's market. I think most people use fmtunerinfo.com as sort of the bible now for which tuners are the best to get and from there, vintage MAC's, Sansui's, Pioneer's etc., are commanding very high prices, much more than just a few years ago. My suggestion is a real sleeper, the Yamaha CT-1010. If you read the review on fmtunerinfo.com, it didn't get high marks, only because the person submitting the review had a bad unit. So this tuner, which was Yamaha's next down in line from what people consider to be the best Yamaha, the CT7000, has much of the CT7000 incorporated in it and will sell for about $75.00. It is a fantastic tuner but because it didn't get the "thumbs up" from fmtunerinfo.com, it's not highly sought after, so at the prices it sells for, it's an absolute steal. Good luck!
Mike.