Jaybar:
I have an apartment in Philadelphia with lots of multipath singal problems. I have tried 3 differenct tuners.
The first was a Sony ES-50 that worked passably but frequently would get out of sorts with multipath reflections and I eventually gave up on it.
My next try was a Linn Kremlin. This on worked a good bit better that the Sony (at 8 times the cost), but still had problems with multipath. I found myself too often using the mono switch to clean things up. If I had to live with it I would have survived as its a great tuner and does a good job of locking in stations. It also has a remote control which is nice.
Lastly I tried a Nat-01. It was like two steps up in quality and control. The Nat-01 locks onto stations like a dog to a bone, and stays there. It was definitely a keeper. The analog control means no remote control but the dramatic increase in sound quality was worth the upgrade. The downside is that the Nat-01 could only get about 2/3 of the stations that the Linn Kremlin could.
I finally upgraded to a Ron Smith Galaxie antenna which increased the number of stations I could get and imporved the signal strength as well. The Kremlin worked better as well in the RS antenna, but the difference in sound quality against the Nat-01 is still there. Analog tuners are simply better than digital ones.
I agree with the prior post to stay away from signal amplifiers. I had poor success with them as well.
The Nat-01 is an incredible tuner that has to be heard to be believed.
Arthur Bye
