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My favorite tuners are pioneer TX9500, and TX7500 Yamaha CT1010 ,Quad FM4 and Marantz ST50 , not everyone's choice but I find them good. A good way of assessing the very good from the not so good is the number of tuning gangs indicating sensitivity.
Cheers / Chris
Sure, the old analog is beautiful. Tubes sentimental. Unfortunately, the really good vintage units are fabulously expensive and they just can't perform as well as a good digital tuner. But you can pick up something like a Nak ST-7 or Pioneer 92 for only money. I grabbed a Kenwood 880D pretty cheap too. All of the mentioned have a front end good enough not to be disturbed by a station that has a HD simulcast. Of course, anything over about ten years old needs a session in a good shop. I had a Denon 630 for years, and it was pretty sweet. Analog transistor.
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