Radio Road Which tuner to get and getting the most from it. Thank God, for the radio!

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RE: Mac Tuners

Posted by Jeff Starr (A) on July 2, 2015 at 09:09:50

In Reply to: Mac Tuners posted by dgaapc7 on June 15, 2015 at 10:08:38:

I'm kind of curious about where listening to radio, fits in to how you listen.
Do you use a tuner more for background music, or as a main source?

I use mine for both, so I bought the best I could afford. Always admired Mac tuners, but cost and number of tubes made it prohibitive.

The Macs are so pricey, have you considered a vintage tuner? These guys can recommend some very fine older tuners, and seeing as you are willing to have mods done, maybe a good option.

I have an untouched Yamaha CT 400, not in the class I am suggesting, but that thing pulls in stations, and is really quiet, no multipath issues. Maybe find something known to be good at pulling in stations and upgrade the audio stages.

On a side note, for background music, a used Polk XM tuner can be bought for under a $100, and has digital outputs. It is MP3 quality sound, and you do have to play games to get a good monthly rate [5 months for $24], but lots of good stations, and good for background listening. If some money comes through, I am thinking about a new dac, that would offer upsampling. Yes, I know you can't turn for example a CD into a SACD, but a review I read claimed it improved the guys listening experience with MP3 files. I'll believe it when I hear it. You may already have that option on your dac.

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