Enjoying the Original Music Streaming Format - Analog FM Stereo

I went to college in the late 70s (University of Chicago). We basicly had 2 choices then, LPs or FM. (One kid had reel to reel, and cassete tapes were just happening).

I lived in a dorm that was a converted hotel overlooking lake Michigan (The Shoreland).  The hotel had been converted to apartments decades earlier so most dorm rooms had a living room. Pretty much every one of them had an FM antenna taped to the wall above the stereo system.

BTW, almost every living area had a stereo system, almost none of them had a TV. I don’t remember a single one.

Jerry

I sometimes listen to WFMT in analog but it just doesn’t compare with the digital feed at 320 bps.  The analog feels like it has a hole in the motor the soundstage, even with the Magnum Dynalab tuner.

  I go to Detroit frequently and agree that WDET sounds great on my non digital car tuner 

When working from home, I normally listen to jazz all day on KNKX through a Magnum Dynalab Etude. It's close to CD quality and better than most digital streams. Radio Paradise is about the only digital "radio" station that I've found that is worth listening to.

Streaming, with its customization and convenience is great but, the beauty of listening to a GOOD FM tuner is that you can just turn it on-no relying on an internet signal.

My 1967 Macintosh MR 71 will only be replaced if I get my hands on a Marantz 10B or the elusive REL Precedent.

Tube FM is still relevant!

Once your favorite Internet station goes to a decent bit rate it’s a lot more reliable than the analog FM signal which even with the best tuner and antenna can be kayoed by weather and interference from other sources in a large urban area.  And one can’t beat the range of Internet radio.  I am currently listening to Radio Venice, which no FM Tuner in Chicago is going to pull in