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Nothing has changed my view that far too few posts about radio are truly helpful rather than self-appreciation. I wish more folk would post like Zanash did about the tuners they have and have used and what they have liked-disliked about them.

Surely it can't be that hard to describe.
- Why is Tony L's Denon TU850 good, because it's built like a battleship, is in rare but fine condition or because it shows up a lot of other tuners?
- Is a Troughline really that good or vastly over-rated if you live more than a few hundred yards away from the transmitter?

How does the sound of these compare with Magnum Dynalab, classic Sansui, Marantz and a typical spread of price points and tehcnologies as can be seen i the latest HiFi-World. You can't describe the difference to someone form going to say a Rega 2 with cheap MM cartridge to (picks random example) Spacedeck/Spacearm/£500 moving coil through respectable phono stage. I still don't know whether some of the tuner epiphany I read about is of this magnitude or just pride of ownership rather than performance.

I probably need to try one or two at home but assume those days have gone, obviously so with retro kit. I don't suppose any dealers offer this kind of thing?

<blockquote data-quote="Paul L" data-source="post: 659524" data-attributes="member: 2359">Nothing has changed my view that far too few posts about radio are truly helpful rather than self-appreciation. I wish more folk would post like Zanash did about the tuners they have and have used and what they have liked-disliked about them.Surely it can't be that hard to describe.- Why is Tony L's Denon TU850 good, because it's built like a battleship, is in rare but fine condition or because it shows up a lot of other tuners?- Is a Troughline really that good or vastly over-rated if you live more than a few hundred yards away from the transmitter?How does the sound of these compare with Magnum Dynalab, classic Sansui, Marantz and a typical spread of price points and tehcnologies as can be seen i the latest HiFi-World. You can't describe the difference to someone form going to say a Rega 2 with cheap MM cartridge to (picks random example) Spacedeck/Spacearm/£500 moving coil through respectable phono stage. I still don't know whether some of the tuner epiphany I read about is of this magnitude or just pride of ownership rather than performance.I probably need to try one or two at home but assume those days have gone, obviously so with retro kit. I don't suppose any dealers offer this kind of thing?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul L, post: 659524, member: 2359"] Nothing has changed my view that far too few posts about radio are truly helpful rather than self-appreciation. I wish more folk would post like Zanash did about the tuners they have and have used and what they have liked-disliked about them. Surely it can't be that hard to describe. - Why is Tony L's Denon TU850 good, because it's built like a battleship, is in rare but fine condition or because it shows up a lot of other tuners? - Is a Troughline really that good or vastly over-rated if you live more than a few hundred yards away from the transmitter? How does the sound of these compare with Magnum Dynalab, classic Sansui, Marantz and a typical spread of price points and tehcnologies as can be seen i the latest HiFi-World. You can't describe the difference to someone form going to say a Rega 2 with cheap MM cartridge to (picks random example) Spacedeck/Spacearm/£500 moving coil through respectable phono stage. I still don't know whether some of the tuner epiphany I read about is of this magnitude or just pride of ownership rather than performance. I probably need to try one or two at home but assume those days have gone, obviously so with retro kit. I don't suppose any dealers offer this kind of thing? [/QUOTE]

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