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Tubes? Transistors? Which are better?
Three things affect the sound quality you hear. First is the hardware and the differences between many offerings is very difficult to identify. Second is the music itself, and the quality of recordings varies greatly. Third is the listening enviro... 
Rogers LS3/5a is 'the reference' speaker
The Rogers sound is very nice but not to my ears reference quality. The best sound for near field listening that I have experienced comes from NEAR (no pun) 10M speakers. They are rivaled only by the NEAR 15M in quality, realism, and value for the... 
The best sounding FM Tuner is.....
The onkyo T9090II was the gold standard for a long time, and for long distance reception especially, but it is now an older design. If you want the newer gizmos, such as RDS and accuclock, to name a few features, you should hunt for the latest qua...