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RE: What interesting good sounding tuner to buy?

Hi Chris, Good questions. I was after a specific quality to the sound. I wrote software listening to low volume classical, electrostatic speakers, tube amplification. I have a good DAC but prefered the air waves to catch my attention. I'm not good at describing what I was after, but most of the time the classical music was background, but something would come on that would catch my attention, something I liked, plus a characteristic of the sound. I tried about a dozen tuners, chasing what I was after, if it was close at all I did some tweaks, to further pursue the sound I was after. The tuners ranged from Accuphase solid state, Magnum Dynalab, Denon, Kenwood, Sansui to tube Eico, Sherwood, Scott stereo and mono with outboard MPX. I did not try the Mcintosh or the Marantz 10B, which I was tempted, but familiar with the 10B maintenance issues. The Scott tuners were the closest and the 310E was the best I tried, although I heard the 4310 is even better. As far as modifications, I took the relays out of the signal path, recapped it with combination of PIO's and film coupling caps, replaced the detector diodes and aligned it. I have a large outdoor FM antennae, station is about 35 miles away with multipath issues.

I think what I was after is some kind of colorization of the upper mid frequencies, some sparkle or magic that grabs my attention even at low volumes. I also don't trust my short term judgement, some tuners I used for a year or more before moving on. Only the Scott 310E has been my selection for many years.

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