[Arny Krueger]

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On Jan 7, 5:30 am, "Arny Krueger"
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What was the "standard of excellence" in the MR71s
day, GOIA? The Marantz 10b?

The 10B seems like a likely candidate from the days of
tubes.

So does the MR71.

Nahh, the MR71 lacked the distinctive technology of the
MR78. Nice build quality, though.

I would hope so as the MR71 preceded the MR78 by several
(10?) years,

The point is that over a period of several years, the MR71 and 10B were
competitive. One was a nice implementation of traditional technology and one
was pretty radical for the day.

and was tube versus solid-state.

Irrelevant to any comparison fo the MR71 and the 10B. They were both tubed.

I thought this was about tuners that represented the
"standard of excellence" for tubed units, which would
exclude the MR78.

No, the OP was about tuner alternatives in 2009.