Recommendations for digital recording device?

No, just taping radio broadcasts from FM.

Why would you even do this when there’s CD or hi-res library of content through streaming.  Have you not heard of streaming?   You wanna spend $$$ on a recording device for FM?  Really???  I feel like we’re going back 20 years in time here and can’t fathom why anyone would wanna do this.  Scratching my head here.

I stream lossless from both Tidal and Qobuz under Roon to an Aqua Formula DAC, so I am well acquainted with streaming. I pay about $50 a month and am impressed with the quality. 

Still, streaming does not replace good FM broadcasts. The idea is that someone who knows more than I do introduces me to new music. I don't always want to be the DJ. 

With a recording device, I can record programs from my local FM stations that I would miss because I am asleep. I will also be able to record from a large number of radio stations that stream under Roon.

I have an excellent tuner, the Accuphase T-1000, reviewed here: 

https://6moons.com/audioreviews/accuphase/t1000.html

Its digital output into my Formula DAC is stunning, the best FM I have ever heard. 

soix

Why would you even do this when there’s CD or hi-res library of content through streaming. 

One reason to record from FM: Live broadcasts. It's amazing how great they can sound when the station cares about SQ. And, being live, there's no other way to hear it.

Great point cleeds! Where do you record live broadcasts? 

The old days, with tape, were a lot of fun, because people created their own mix tapes and traded them around. 

I wish I were able to find and stream every live broadcast easily but it just does not seem possible given issues with rights. 

My wife and I used to listen to a radio program of music from the 1920s and 30s when we lived in New York. It was entitled The Big Broadcast. It was so much fun. 

To me, the radio is a friendly voice in the home. I used to date a classical DJ and she would announce the weather for me given my location, lol. It was great fun to hang out in the studio and watch her work. 

Just a warning about Tascam. There is zero repair support. What a nightmare!

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