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A magnificent swan.

If I could have but one perfect tuner on a perfect signal, it would be a Precedent. It is the one tuner I was never able to acquire. It is insulting it to compare it to a MD.

However, tuners of this pedigree - and indeed all the great first-rank classic tuners - are completely wasted on the existing U.S. commercial FM band. The prevailing signal processing quality is THAT bad. It's really crap anymore.

Unless you are getting it for peanuts, go for something more modest. You'll will NOT hear the differences on most signals . . . perhaps no signal . . . between it and a more modest instrument. $2,000 + is not peanuts. Even the Macs and 10B are gross overkill today. Spend a small fraction on a KM-60 or Eico 2200, and enjoy what you can. Spend the savings on something more sonically productive.

You are otherwise asking a magnificent swan to swim in a cesspool. Today, there are better things to do with one's money and expectations. You'll never experience the beauty of it.

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