I want to get a little AM / FM tuner, not receiver, for my stereo system. 
I've not looked at these since the 80's so would like some advice.  I can't
say that I really like digital tuners.  I like the fact that I can dial in
the exact frequency and put several in memory but that's about where it ends.
The thing I really liked about my Advent model M receiver, and most other
analog tuners, was that that I could dial through the band quickly and hear
what all the stations were playing.  I can't do it as quickly with a digital
tuner.  When you change frequency on the digital tuner, the audio is turned
off so you can't hear what you're going past.  If you use the scan function,
it dwells on  stations that doesn't interest you for a long time and takes
forever to scan the band.

Has anyone come out with a tuner that tunes like an analog tuner, without the
tunk -  tunk - tunk noise as the VCO unlocks and locks, displays frequency
like a digital tuner and can store frequencies like a digital tuner?

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Although the voltage in your VCO can be varied continuously, the frequency
cannot.  The frequency is generated by a digital counting circuit.  

That's true for the typical PLL but it doesn't have to be a typical PLL.
It would even be OK if the PLL took smaller steps and unlocked and locked
much faster.  The technology is there and it should be pretty cheap.

Of course, there are lots of places where the hardware you want can be made
cheaply, but that doesn't mean anyone bothers to do the right thing.

(Office phone systems are my current favorite example of bad design.)

Denon has an interesting tuner in their 1500.  The price is a little steap,
however.  Perhaps I'll just shop garage sales this summer for a good old
analog tuner.  Tuners seem pretty scarce these days.

Kiwanis has two fairly nice analog tuners for sale right now, the only ones
we have had in two years.  Phone us at 665-7742 if you want to stop by
Wed. evening after 6 to get your dead printer and take a look at them/\.
If busy call 665-2211 (or if no answer, we may have forgotten to plug in a
phone after using the line for testing).  Ours are about $60 each.

Will try to do that...

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