Is The FM tuner obsolete?


I foresee the day that the FM tuner will not be included in product offerings. 

Most radio stations have a streaming service and services like tunein offer this as well and have a much better quality to boot.

Thoughts? 
vanson1

Showing 1 response by durkn

We are in a somewhat remote area, in the middle of the sea. There is a classic rock & a classical station near me. They have good quality sound. There are a couple others with OK sound.

The classic rock station has gotten worse with song selection. They play Steve Miller abacadabra, rather than his better songs. It also seems like their playlist has changed to incessant Billy Joel, Hall & Oats, Don Henley and Elton John.

I have a Magnum Dynalab MD-102. Excellent tuner with big caps inside. With the right station, it sounds glorious.

We are moving to another place in this area that has a great classic rock station, and other stations.

If you have a good station with good sound quality, a good tuner can be an essential source component.

My MD-102 provides excellent uncompressed analog goodness, given the right station. With reference quality interconnects into my VTL tube pre, I am often shocked at how good it sounds.