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In Reply to: RE: Can you suggest a decent used tuner for $100 posted by bboroski on December 16, 2014 at 09:36:21
Under $100, the best sound you're gonna find, in my hardly humble opinion , is one of the mono Sherwoods. If you don't need extreme sensitivity (and they ain't bad in that regard, just not top-end), the overall sound quality you'll get just won't be touched in a solid state tuner except those of the top echelon (which you won't find for a C-note).
In fairness, Sherwood, Scott and (even) Fisher made better than average tuners and receivers even after they moved to solid state.
In terms of cheap solid state tuners, look for a Kenwood or a Yamaha analog tuner from the late 1970s. The latter (at least the lower-end ones) are almost embarrassingly unsophisticated in design/engineering -- but they do sound good. A CT-610II will probably set you back about $30. It'll impress no one... but it will sound pretty darned good.
The Yamaha CT-800, CT-810 and CT-1010 are all notably better, but also more expensive. That said, my CT-1010 was $75 in good working order, and is a pretty competent and very respectable sounding ss tuner.
(that's the guts of a CT-1010)
Onkyo and Sansui made a bevy of fairly nice analog tuners over quite a few years, too.
I won't offer any digital recommendations, but that is only because I really don't have enough experience to offer any even possibly meaningful opinions.
all the best,
mrh
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The CT610II if you never open it is very satisfying. I enjoyed mine until I opened money and saw what, looks like a am-fm portable radio stuffed in a deceiving huge case. Since then I have been admittedly biased against it but, also in all the downsizing shootouts, it and the matching CA610II amp continues to make the cut though at no time were they near the top of the heap. Just good enough to continue. For the integrated amps/tuner group the only remaining contenders are they and the Sherwood S9500c and S3300 amp and tuner. All other consisting of some 2 dozen pairings have left the house.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada
I agree. I listen to FM while I work, consequently spent a lot of time trying different tuners and for my tastes the tube tuners I have tried sound better than the SS ones. Sherwood, Scott, Fisher all have models within your budget that you might like.
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