Insignia HD Tuner

I don't think it's a re-badged Sangean. The controls on the front are significantly different and the outputs on the back are also in different places. I doubt they'd go to the expense of making those engineering changes, though from a distance they do seem similar. Who knows?

I almost picked up the Insignia in a moment of weakness. Luckily, I didn't. The Sony XDR-F1HD is the same price, yet more compact, looks to be of higher quality and seems to be getting great word of mouth.

Was not at all aware of the Sony. Very interesting - every once in a while Sony does this - pops out a world class product for almost no money! My pre-amp only has digi inputs - but I suppose I could just hook up a A/D converter and feed it in that way.

I just saw a review of the Sony in The Audio Critic -- kind of a weird editorial philosophy there. Measurements rule and all amps sound the same provided they're well designed. But as far as tuners go, measurements don't lie and the Sony seems to measure as well as the FM "supertuners" of yore, according to them anyway. I can't wait to pick one up for the office.