Magnum Dynalab 109

My tuner is probably my most used source and I have was a happy owner of the MD 108 until I heard the 106T. I believe it actually sounds better despite its lower cost so I sold my 108 and now use the 106T. Frankly the 109 seems more like an upgrade of the 106T than a replacement for the 108. I would love to hear the 109 but it will have to be awfully good to justify the $5k premium over the 106T. The 109 looks to have incomparable features and adaptability but I'll be really interested to see if it sounds that much better than the 106T on OTA FM. Who knows? It certainly might be no contest but the 106T is so good I would encourage you to use it as the benchmark for comparison, not the 108. You might just save yourself $5000.

Ron, I believe the 106T sounds better than the 108 because it has a triode tube audio stage. While the 108 uses a tube audio stage, it is not run as a triode. The new 109 uses a triode audio stage and as well so I think MD must be moving in that direction because the 106T sounds so good.

Yes the "smoothness and richness from the 108 is in a class of its own" because MD has abandoned it.
In favor of the better sounding MOSFET-free tube triode output stage of the 106T for the new flagship 109.
I await Mr. Sircom's review with bated breath.