Top Ten Tuners of all Time??


To start this thread I vote for the Yamaha T 1. At its price performance,little to touch it period. Whats your vote?
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Back in the day the tuner was on the majority of the time , no time to flip records are you kidding,...My place was a drop in centre with a lot going on and with the tuner on more then the TV and turntable combined the convenience of this component was tremendous.

The 1970s were bit of a blur though I do remember a couple of large Sansui receivers I owned until I discovered the Absolute Sound Magazine around 1980 .
Some how I ended up buying a Sansui TU-X1 which I recently sold a few years ago . I had a notion that bigger had to be better and my memories of the large Sansui receivers influenced me.

I never had it modified however I did have it aligned though I was always amazed of the sound quality of a good FM broadcast even using receivers back in the day it took a lot to better it .
I’ve had good Yamaha & McIntosh tuners.
I’ve had three Magnum Dynalab FT-101A. They are really good.

It wasn’t until I used a reference quality interconnect with it that I realized how very good that model really is.

I wanted to take it up a notch so I skipped over the Etude & MD-90 and got an MD-102.

I am extremely happy with the MD-102. It is a significant upgrade from the FT-101A. It has the upgraded audio section with big caps.
This is my forever tuner.

I like my Technics ST-9600 a lot. Sounds great and pulls stations like jack the bear.
I'm surprised the excellent Musical Fidelity A5 tuner hasn't been mention yet.  Mine gets daily use, classical music with the tube output stage sounds superb.  I'll get it re-capped later this year rather then follow the trend and stream internet radio
I am currently using Magnum Dynalab 106, 102, 90 and an Accuphase t100.
my favourite sounding is the Magnum Dynalab 106 then the 102 then the Accuphase t100 ending with the 90.   Magnum Dynalab just sounds better than the Accuphase.  The Accuphase is excellent and locks in great.  But Magnum sounds more musical.  Could be the tubes.