The 5 gang tuner in the 1250 is HOT, practically on FIRE. When you first use it on a clear FM type of day its like you just found another gear to shift into. Now I have not owned any super duper seperate tuners before like McIntosh, so it may well only be average or simlar to them. But for a receiever its the best I've seen. The tuners in my SX-1980 were on the fritz so I couldn't compare with the "big one". But I've heard that quart lock can be worse since it doesn't allow you to easly tune off center to grab a station that is being covered up by another close by.
I never listen to the radio anymore though because the radio gets worse all the time, and my tastes also drift further from the mainstream.
I never listen to the radio anymore though because the radio gets worse all the time, and my tastes also drift further from the mainstream.