I remember the day when I used an FM tuner in my system but with the advent of stereo radio or internet radio does anyone still use a tuner or are they a thing of the past?
Yes but what bothers me more is that their playlist has been diluted down to a classical TOP-40 with a pandering to celebrity. Also, the announcers are mindless and ignorant. Feh.My Nikko Gamma 5 is in storage.
Hey Kal--isn't that a sad state in a city as big as New York. Gone are the days of WQXR who had its studio equipment designed by Dick Sequerra!
Yes but what bothers me more is that their playlist has been diluted down to a classical TOP-40 with a pandering to celebrity. Also, the announcers are mindless and ignorant. Feh.
I was raised on WQXR and I thank them for my life-long love of classical music but the station is now unlistenable.....and that has little to do with the equipment or engineering.
Funny story... We move into our new vacation house and I can't find my media center PC with all my music on it. So I turn on the FM radio in the AVR that we use in the living room there. My wife comes in and says "that is nice music. Is it a CD?" I say, no it is radio. She gives me a puzzled look and asks, "do we pay for that?" I say, "no, it is FM radio." She still looks puzzled. I then explain that it is the same thing she listens to in her car so it is free.I remember the day when I used an FM tuner in my system but with the advent of stereo radio or internet radio does anyone still use a tuner or are they a thing of the past?
I remember when Mario Mazza started that "top 40" schtik what 15 or so years ago. Didn't like it then and don't like it any better now. But it was all about trying to attract a new audience and guess what, more advertisers
Rich
what racks are you using
Still use a Magnum Dynalab Etude on almost a daily basis. I listen especially on Sat. nights as they broadcast the BSO live from Symphony Hall, and record some performances on the R2R.
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