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From: bywater!arnor!wlm@uunet.UU.NET (Bill Moran)
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Subject: Re: High Sensitivity FM Tuners
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Date: 8 Mar 91 13:37:33 GMT
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I am also looking for a tuner, and my dealer loaned me both the Magnum
Dynalab (11) and a tuner made by folks called Musical Fidelity (T1).
Apparently they are a well known UK firm who have just started importing
their equipment into the US recently (since the start of 91). My dealer
was raving about this tuner claiming that it sounded much more musical
than any other tuner for less than $2k. I have both hooked up to
a Terk Pi^2, and they both sound very good. I would have to agree that
the Musical Fidelity sounds better. It's very strange, but the Magnum
Dynalab is also much louder. I wouldn't say that either is amazing at 
getting weak stations, although both are excellent; I've been sort of
surprised that sometimes one will get a particular station much better.
Anyway, it might be worth the time to listen to the Musical Fidelity;
for what it's worth, I'm not sure that either is worth $500+. I had
a friend look, and in the UK, the Musical Fidelity costs L249 which
given the way prices usually work would make its list about $500 rather
than $600.


Bill Moran