Does anyone listen to the radio anymore?


My tuner has been collecting dust the last few years. Got me thinking, how many  audiophiles even listen to the radio anymore when there are so many other options available?

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I have my local classical station KHFM playing in the background all day during the week. I’ve got it set up so that I can stream it from my tuner via Roon throughout the house. Much better quality then I could get from the internet stream. 

I never used to but a couple years ago I picked up a nice denon tuner someone was throwing away, and it actually worked  like a charm.

I find turning it on on weekend mornings while im doing stuff around the house is really pleasant, don’t have to look at my phone or a screen, its just become a nice habit. I also live in Brooklyn so have great local stations, wbgo, wqxr …

I have a much nicer streamer I could use to hear the same programs but for whatever reason I keep finding myself flicking on the tuner in the morning instead, guess it just seems easier and I don’t mind it staying on for hours at a time. 

 

Yep. Fire up the FM tuner in the early a.m while warming up the rest of the system. 

While warming streamer, dac, preamp, amplifiers playing some local FM music.  

In my car I listen to KNKX (Jazz Blues and NPR News) and at home stream Jazz 24 in the kitchen and dining room.