Not in the 21st century with the exemption of broadcasting USB to FM before some cars supported direct play.
I find much more attractive, commercial free "radio" on the web.
Anyone listen to Music on a FM tuner anymore?
I’m not referring to streaming, I mean an actual FM turner. I haven’t had a turner for at least 15, probably more like 20 years. I had a high-end one that went bad years ago and even then I hadn’t really used it in years. Just wondering if anyone still uses one and why?
Added info: back in my college days there were lots of reasons, some great DJ’s in the New York City area and sometimes a live concert broadcasts that were great, but those times are long gone, as is most of my hair and my 32 inch waistline.....I’m not trying to judge anyone for still listening to music on a FM tuner, just asking for the reason to do so.
Hope everyone had a good holiday season.
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Any radio program of music is overwhelmed by my high quality choice designed for me by me ...😁 I enjoyed FM radio in my car transit while working...I am now retired ... I remember the time when i was young when there is fantastic musical communicators and not rare few but many here in Canada ... I dont think that this rare breed exert his vulgarizing and deep thinking about poetry and music on radio now with all the tech progress in the net transfer of information from old tech to new tech ... I can listen to even past radio program using the net anyway try it ... A talented radio broadcaster animator will never go back to radio now ever ... There subsist few exceptions for sure but i dont know where in North America anyway ... The trend in past old medias is making people idiots to attract their attention more not to vulgarize poetry and music as jazz, classical or Indian , and iranian etc as it was the case 60 years ago...I perfectly remember it because i gained so much knowledge it is unbelievable ... In this time i even wrote and read between radio listenings and i never felt becoming an idiot by listening the radio when rightfully selected ......Traditional radio is now mostly a dumpster ... Or a continuous music playing , classical or pop mostly with not very intelligent commentaries... It is my general impressions as an old duck ... In the first years of TV i remember being 10 years old and listening a program acted by local comedians about the light scientific problem , corpuscule or wave , opposing comedian playing the script in historical costumes...And it was not an exception ...And the Sunday we had opera and high classical or contemporary theater ... It was education for all ... it is long gone ... Now we can educate ourself even better , thanks to the net, but the social impulse to do so is lost for most people transforming in passive sleepwalker consumers ...
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Sure. I use a McIntosh MR 78 in my music system in SoCal for classical 91.5 and jazz 88,1 (like @tablejockey). In my AV system I am currently relying on the tuner in my Marantz pre pro while my Magnum Dynalab FT101a Etude is on the bench hoping for a new center tune meter. |
Sure do, [FM Nerd] here too, had more than a few from McIntosh, Fanfare/B&K, Magnum Dynalab, Sansui, and others. Every once in a while it gets turned on in rotation and played for a full day. Easy when you don’t feel like messing with streaming or you are just letting the system play, walking & working around the house. Some of our local stations play content I don’t normally search for or play on streaming services, and it sounds pretty good when things are warmed up nicely. An old habit to shake after growing up with it all over several decades. Just seeing it there, playing it, lit up on display still feels like old audio "home" I guess. Magnum Dynalab MD-102 owner here too, add me to the virtual diehard list. .
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