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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No. A few months ago, I was overhauling the basement shelves, and found a box. My tuner. I realized I had pulled it out of one system to make room a year ago, and meant to bring it upstairs to another room. And forgot. and never missed it. The radio, and more, I listen to I do through one of my streaming apps (Volumio, for instance). I remember A/B'ing that stream and the over the air, and the stream was way better. In the car, I might punch on the news once in awhile, but never the music stations anymore, probably more than a decade.

I haven't listened to an actual radio station since satellite radio became a thing. I don't even have any AM/FM presets set up in my current vehicle.

Never been without a tuner since 1974. NPR and college stations. Well-produced local music shows are among my very favorite things. More distant stations need streaming via a Cambridge backup unit that allows individual station selection. Evidently this feature doesn't exist on Qobuz which I play via Aurender. 
The Qobuz pre-selected stations seem good choices, but have always disappointed. Of course I listen in the car too. When reception peters out there are always Pynchon novels on Audible.

Sure do, in the car.  The newest car I ever owned was a 2000.  Currently drive a 1998 Toyota.  No streaming in that for sure!  However, I am looking for a new used car somewhere around 2010, with Bluetooth but before the "touchscreen" controls came out.  Old school.  Can't stand driving my sisters Subaru with that god awful huge touchscreen controling everything.