Is The FM tuner obsolete?

I still have my  Kenwood KR 9600 receiver from 1978 .  The FM tuner is probably the best part on it, lol. 

I'ts been in storage mostly for 25 years but still sounds good. Only issue is a power off cycle pop on the A speaker channel .    Thinking i need to sell it .

The radio is on 24/7.

My magnum dynalab ft 101 a with the Etude upgrade from MD has been my favorite component. Bought it new and it’s not going anywhere. Have MD’s ST-2 antenna and the sq from this tuner is amazing.

Just had the tuner section on my restored Marantz 2230 brought back in line. Sounds quite good, albeit not as nice as the MD. As was said above, the receiver saves my tubes as the radio is on all day

I do love an all in one for the simplicity, but just not convinced of the SQ.

A MAC7200 with a tuner/DAC would be a swell lifestyle set up.

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.

My reference point for this is the stats for over the air tv. Currently over 60% of households still receive their tv from an antenna of some kind. So no fm tuners are not going away. Also don’t forget the car market too. Yes they might become harder to find but they will always be around. Now for the political comment do you want all of the media we receive and our contact to the outside world to be cut off with the flip of a switch! Think about that with your electric car. They have another shut down and don’t want you to go anywhere they cut the grid and there you sit. Don’t think it can happen look at Australia right now.

Parasound TDQ1600 Tuner
listening to this Rock Station WEBN 102.7
with local adds, beats listening to station on iHeart. Frog Nation WEBN Cincinnati.