FM Tuner for audiophiles-is it a bad idea today?
A worthy FM tuner thread you replied to late October with 60+ replies, fyi. https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/can-anyone-recommend-an-fm-receiver-that-would-play-into-a-re... |
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As long as you don’t listen to R&R, you’re good. There is still public broadcast stations playing Classial & Jazz. Other than that, it’s a novelty. If you’re looking for sound quality in a tuner-it’s arguably done with a tubed tuner. Take your pic-Marantz 10B Rel Precedent. Then the rest of other tube tuners. Invest in a real antennae setup to hear what it’s all about. |
The station I listen to spins vinyl, KCRW. They also play auto-tune digital stuff. Can't have it all. However, music discovery is great with this local station. I have 2 tuners and use both regularly. A Magnum Dynalab MD102 for FM and the following, https://www.xdrguy.com/ for the HD and FM band. HD is awful sonically compared to FM but I need the HD band occasionally. The Sony HD tuner is pretty amazing at picking up stations. It does not sound as good as the MD 102 but it has a better signal grabber. I say the Sony is 95% of the MD 102 sonically on the FM band. |
