Almost every FM station I know of is online these days, if you have a streamer, you are all set.
Decent tuner with a headphone output and volume control
I am thinking of an FM tuner for late night listening to a local college FM jazz station. Would be wanting to listen with headphones and would want the tuner to have a volume control for the headphone output. I have had decent success with many tuners running through a system, but no experience with using one with a volume controlled headphone output. Sound quality is first priority and reception ability is next. Thanks
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I do the same thing as you in my bedroom system. I used to have a Bryston BHA-1 headphone amp with a SACD player and the Sony XDR-F1HD. I just recenlty sold the BHA-1. I get a great station on the FM dial, which sometimes plays vinyl too. The same station on the internet sounds like crap. I actually bought the Sony HD player solely to listen to the second HD broadcast from this station. I bought a modified Sony tuner from this guy. I think I paid around $400. https://www.xdrguy.com/xdr-f1hds-for-sale.html HD radio is crap but the player also gets regular FM and the tuning is amazing. I also have a Magnum Dynalab MD 102 that cost close to $3K. The Sony is not as good but it is rather close to the same quality. For $400 it is a steal. This unit does not have a headphone amp but what I will do, to replace the BHA-1, is get either the Headamp GS-X mini for $1799 or a second Benchmark HPA4 for $3K. So at the low end for around $2100 you could have a killer FM headphone system. Not what you asked but likely better sound quality than what you are thinking. Listening to my Meze Empy + MD 102 + Benchmark HPA4 as I write this. Awesome sound. |
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