At $1600 plus an additional $400 for the remote controlled version, you may not consider the top-of-the-line Magnum Dynalab MD100 a "mid price" tuner, but I absolutely love mine. I wouldn't trade it for anything, and having a remote controlled tuner is one of life's greatest pleasures. It's sort of like buying your first microwave oven: after you buy it, you wonder how you lived without it. If the tuner is on while you're reading and you want to skip the commercials, you just hit a button on the remote without getting up... just like in the car. If you want an MD100, be careful when shopping. There is no difference in the model number between the one WITH the remote and the one WITHOUT it. If you're shopping the audio sites for a used one be sure which version you're looking at, but sonically you can't go wrong.
