With respect to 'should I buy a tuner or shouldn't I?' I have to ask; how much longer will it take for internet audio streams to appear in higher resolutions than from what we are currently being offered. Itunes offers full resolution downloads from their purchasing website but they have the server space to do so. The BBC is so massive that they can only offer about 86kbps for their various stations via audio streaming. Other smaller stations like with college radio lack the funds to operate a larger server space. I do believe however that a time will come where folks who want full resolution streaming audio will be capable of purchasing it in the form of membership. The Metropolitan Opera offers something of this sort via video streaming from their website. Once computer information can be stored on atoms instead of silicon, then tuners will certainly be a passe' novelty. |
Has2be - I do not ''critisize peoples intelligence'', just voicing my opinion respectfully - unlike you may I add. No hard feelings, with a bit of experience you might get the hang of it... |
"Has2be - I do not ''critisize peoples intelligence'', just voicing my opinion respectfully - unlike you may I add. No hard feelings, with a bit of experience you might get the hang of it..."
Soniqmike, the above is just one more contradiction of yours and you within this post. No hard feelings what so ever. I think you are the one who's large opinion seems bruised. Try resting it by sitting on a nice soft pillow.
Cheers |
Joenies is enjoying "tuning" in Alaska. Cheers my friend, Joe!!! My particular local is very receptive and on the outskirts of NYC. Plenty of choices here. Soniqmike, Has2be, you guys are right in your own way. Myself, I'm old school.... my "DAC" is the cable running from a Macbook Air to a 1958' Fender "champ" Amp. |
Has2be - no need for insults please, this is supposed to be fun! Got it ? |
" no need for insults please, this is supposed to be fun! Got it ?"
No ones insulting you sonicmike , that is your perception and a lack of humour and responsability for your own statements ! Got it ! Asking an opinion then arguing the validity of someone else's solicited opinion is argumentative. Not fun or endearing, like the ability to laugh at yourself is. Got it! |
they are as obsolete or not depending upon the quality of the programming material where you live - if you are lucky & have a lot of good FM programmes then you could benefit from a FM tuner; otherwise, not.
Technically, it appears that FM tuners have some life left in them as the US FCC has approved IBOC (in-band, on-channel) digital radio broadcasts. These digital radio broadcasts occur at the same FM center freq of the present radio station. So, in effect, the FM station broadcasts good, ol' FM + DAB digital radio. So, the FM tuner should have no issues picking up the FM signal like it always did.
In the UK, the word is that the switch-over to digital/DAB radio is sometime in 2015 but most of the radios in UK autos are still FM tuners. So, this is a detail that will need to be worked out so that owners of present cars do not lose radio reception in 2015. |
Thanx for the TuneIn app for the iPhone. It is a very nice app & I can play my iPhone thru my onkyo iPod dock . |
I enjoy National Public Radio (NPR). Otherwise, I wouldn't own a tuner. |
I hope not. I just aquired a McIntosh MR78! I am a regular tuner user as there is a good classic rock station in the area. Long live FM! |
MR78 is hard to beat! A good antenna set-up and maybe a signal amplifier. Late night running up and down the dial:) |
05-15-11: Ack
How are you going to otherwise hear live performances from the Met or the Boston Symphony w/o a tuner?
Ack, can you please provide the FM stations that broadcast performances from the Met & the Boston Symphony? I'd like to see if I can tune into them to enjoy these performances myself. Thanks for your help. |
As long as there are FM radio stations broadcasting on the airwaves, how can tuners be obsolete? |
@Bombaywalla - WGBH 99.5 Boston http://www.wgbh.org/995/ plays both; and WHRB 95.3 Harvard Radio Boston http://www.whrb.org/
WGBH broadcasts all Saturday night BSO performances, and the Met on Sundays... This is one thrilling radio station ever since buying the previous all-classical station at the same frequency, that used to features those moronic Mozart-block-at-9-oclock type broadcasts, though they did also broadcast the BSO... |
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Tpreaves, the OP was suggesting that most FM broadcasts are streamed, and via an appropriate device one can can receive standard FM broadcast content, plus much, much more. |
