Is yamaha CT1010 tuner good?

I think you should never prejudge a component w/o first trying in your system. It might turn out to be a magical combination. Older tuners are good way to spend little money and many will sound better than recently made tuners. I've recently compared 3 mid-80's tuners and the oldest and least expensive of the bunch sounds by far better than the others within my system. Check out www.fmtunerinfo.com to learn more about tuners.

I'm using Van den Hul 102b interconnects w/my tuner in my main system. I bought these from www.hificables.com They were very reasonably priced and shipping wasn't too bad. Nice interconnects w/good bass and a very smooth sound. On a budget, I would try Straightwire's Musicality II/Chorus. They are priced around $25/40 for 1m.(I believe) I'm using AQ Quartz and Music Metre's III/Signature's in other systems. If you're looking to spend as little as possible, the Straighwire Musicality II are fine cables. A used set (under $50) of AQ Quartz's isn't bad at all either. (BTW, my main system's tuner is a Sherwood 102b ($30 used) which sounds superb! Go figure! Also, an excellent indoor tuner is able from www.ccrane.com (Called the "Reflex" I believe. Around $25 and comes w/30 day trial period. A great buy.) Hope this helps, Bill.

Meant to say the "Reflex" from www.ccrane.com is an antenna, not a tuner. Time for a tea! Bill