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In Reply to: RE: SO quiet here (again)! Maybe we can have a chat about the new McIntosh tuner? posted by 6bq5 on August 20, 2022 at 10:05:52:
It is the best sounding tuner, overall, in the house, although a Kenwood KT-9900 and a Sherwood S-3000V are close behind. The Kenwood gives up a little midrange real-ness to the Mac, and the Mac betters the Sherwood in bass extension and quality. All three, however, sound quite good and will run rings around most of the other tuners here sonically (except for two mono Sherwood vacuum tube tuners, which are very, very good sounding, too).
The MR-67 here actually looks a little prettier IRL than the photo above would suggest. It is true, though, that the dial glass isn't pristine. I have been informed that the labeling on the dial will not survive even extremely gentle attempts to clean the dial if there is a slip-up, so it remains a bit grungy. Otherwise, the MR-67's pretty good looking.
In fairness to the poseurs in Binghamton ;) -- apparently, the titular new Mac (MR-89) tuner does have (digital) signal strength and center-channel displays available from that dot-matrix display on the front panel... but, yeah, the level meters are just... silly.
all the best,
mrh
Edits: 08/22/22
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