I bought a McIntosh MR-80 around 1980 for $2000 - the equivalent of more than $6500 now. I'd never spend that kind of money on a tuner today, but I still have the Mac and it still performs like a champ. It does require periodic service (every 12 years or so) and I don't listen to it as much as I once did, but I still think it's worth having a good tuner. There are still some bright spots along today's FM dial, although not nearly as many as there once were.
The value of a good FM tuner?......, now and in the future...
For most of my adult life, FM radio has been an introduction to new music and artists. With some stations, in some towns I have lived in, the quality was good and the music was good....Jazz, Classical and more.
My question is, what is to be the near term future of FM. Is streaming of audiophile quality? Online stations through my computer is not for me, my computer is not audiophile quality sound.....can Magnum or anyone make a unit that can make "online" of audiophile quality. Like a good lp or disk, the source is what all of the electronics have to work with. ......so, what it the future source for FM or the like?
Thanks
My question is, what is to be the near term future of FM. Is streaming of audiophile quality? Online stations through my computer is not for me, my computer is not audiophile quality sound.....can Magnum or anyone make a unit that can make "online" of audiophile quality. Like a good lp or disk, the source is what all of the electronics have to work with. ......so, what it the future source for FM or the like?
Thanks