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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Unfortunately, it seems too much airtime is going to the advertisers...too many commercials, and not enough music.

Also, here in Chicago, the rock stations are too afraid to veer off the "safe, don’t take a chance" path. I recall a DJ talking about how much fun Robert Plant had with Alison Krauss. So much so, that they were going to do another album. Did they play a Robert and Alison song? Of course not, Communication Breakdown.

Luckily, there’s WONC down at 89.1 out of Naperville (North Central College).. Thank Goodness I have Shazam to find out who sings all this awesome stuff I’ve never heard before. I don’t know who’s doing the actual programming, but it is funny to hear these kids let me know that I just heard "Jessica", by the ALL - MAN brothers. : )

I’ll take it tho, as long as they keep doing what they’re doing.

I have a Magnum Dynalab MD-102 that I use in my system for FM.

There’s a good college station, a classical station & several others.

The sound quality is excellent, using that tuner.

 

I also stream a San Diego station 91X, Radio Huaraki from New Zealand, and 8Radio from Dublin.

 

There are some great radio stations out there…

 

I have an Onkyo T9090 tuner that was recapped and it now also allows me to swap out the OpAmp output stage - akin to rolling tubes. Makes for a really good sound.

Has amazing sensitivity and I use it for the lesser known stations that still broadcast live versus simply sending their internet feed across the air waves.

Gets really interesting at night when Skywave propagation kicks in and you start pulling in stations from all over. I can get Cleveland from Toronto :-)

Everyday. I have a MR88 in my reference system that's fed by a combination FM/HD/Sirius outdoor antenna.

I stopped listening to the radio since the late 90s; although every year I tune in to listen XMas music during Xmas week. That's it.