Loft-mounted omni FM antenna > Denon TU-215RD tuner > JB3. The output from the Denon is hot enough I don't need to feed through my hifi preamp, although I generally do bump the gain by a few dB at the JB3. Yes, I could use the hifi preamp to provide gain, but I take the opinion that the fewer things in the signal path, the better. (hifi preamp is an Arcam 9C)
best regards,
stephen