Enjoying the Original Music Streaming Format - Analog FM Stereo

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

My favorite FM station also has a 256 kbps WAV stream that sounds awful. Whereas their OTA FM broadcast quality is first rate. I too listen to international streaming stations from Europe, the UK and Africa. That doesn't minimize my enjoyment of local OTA FM broadcasts.