Internet Radio on Audiophile Quality 2 Channel System

It would also be interesting  hear from the owners of both good streaming setup AND a proper FM tuner?

I have the FM tuner end covered(tubed Mac) but haven't heard a proper  streaming setup-only file playback.

Very satisfied with FM SQ, but streaming has the obvious-huge menu of choices. I only have Classical and Jazz on the NPR stations. All the commercial R&R/POP is awful, at least in SoCal.

If you have a higher resolution station like Radio Paradise there is nothing to not like. Lower res can be OK for some music but inferior for critical listening. Lower res may still be overkill for many devices people listen on, but for a good hifi it just means whatever is there you will hear.

I have good streaming and a Carver tx11a tuner which is pretty good and have had other good ones like Tandberg over the years. Radio is subject to noise and distortion and not many stations broadcasting with good quality these days. So radio is fine in the car but streaming rules at home and often in the car as well with Carplay, etc. As an old school kind of guy I still like radio though less so these days for music and hope it sticks around but I’m sure many younger folk could care less about music on the radio.

A good FM signal and station sounds pretty good. Streaming on the other hand is subject to whatever quality the "station" streams and the quality of the source it uses. 

I have FM tuners, a FM-HD tuner, and streaming radio. I only listen to the FM. The other 2 are like CD vs MP3 to my ears.