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In Reply to: RE: McIntosh MR7083 vs. MR78 comparison. posted by Mcmann57 on March 25, 2012 at 16:05:39
Modified H&K Citation 18 and a modified Scott LT-112B. Both have discrete SS amplifiers vs op-amps. The Citation has a more selective IF, but the Scott has not caused me any issues yet. Both have reasonable hot RF fronts ends. yet, both are not as good as the more selective tuners out there.
The Scott surprises me as the discrete multiplexer should not perform as well as it does. I owned a few that are close after mods though.
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If offering alternatives, I'd suggest the Philips 673 (silver) or 6731 (black). The unit beat out my MR77 after careful listening over months rather than days or weeks. Plus, if interested it has one of the best AM tuners out there and the tipping in my decision to dumpt the 77. The 77 sounds better than the 78 though is not as good a dx'er. When I bought the 77, new, I took several weeks to compare them for purchasing purpose and as a dealer listened to each for some years side by side on a number of very decent now vintage systems.
The Philips is a surprise tuner as the company is usually under the radar. On the TIC, it was rated as something like #6. While the 77 was way down the list b/c the list criteria was biased towards a dx'er and the 77 is not one.
Comparing the specs on Roger Russell's page http://www.roger-russell.com/ it looks to me like the MR 7083 matches the tuner section in the MX-130. The MX-130 is a full A/V preamp but obsolete now (no HDMI, old Dolby). The good news is you can find a bargain MX-130 for that reason. The MX-130 is a very convenient preamp and also works with Harmony remotes, as did my C-41.If you keep the MR-78 please consider the Modafferi modifications. I love the sound of my MR-77 especially with the mods. For a second opinion please see http://www.positive-feedback.com/Issue35/mr71.htm.
It's been a while since I did a shootout between the MR-77 and the MX-130 but the MX-130 has more IBOC noise on one station with three HD radio sidebands. This may not be a problem for you. Good luck!
Edits: 03/27/12 03/27/12
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The 78 like many dx'ers traded sound quality for the dx'er crown. The 77 was clearly better sounding but some seem to think the 74 may be the best sounding of the Mc ss tuners even though it did not use Richard's filters. When I auditioned them before buying my 77, I agreed the 74 seemed to have a slight edge but decided the 77 was for me as it was the newest and best at the time and I bought in that newer was better syndrome. Never a regret. I did try the 78 and was disappointed but, I did not need to DX as every station I listened to was local.
The 75 can be found in the MX117 {I owned 78/MX110,MX117,C-33}
I thought the 74 was the nicest looking.
I still miss the MX110.
The Mind has No Firewall~ U.S. Army War College.
I've never had an MR-78 in my system but I don't need the supernarrow bandwidth. I've tried out seven different tuners in my system and so far the MR-77 is the champ. I was surprised to find a Blair-modified Scott 370-B a little quieter but at the expense of soundstaging. I think people have underestimated how much channel separation we need; when you hear one that really has separation, the imaging and ambient details improve. Have fun!
Edits: 04/09/12
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