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Are Receivers still relevant?

kirk57 said:
I listen to the radio in the car here in Chicago. Nothing digital (my cars are old)
The FM band is full of stations.
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Not just this thread but I see many people saying they don't listen to the radio anymore,radio is dead.
We must be lucky here in the Chicago area,we have plenty of radio here.
I listen in my pick up and I always have tuners set up at home.
I love scrolling the FM dial,there is a certain thrill there for me. Not knowing what I will find to listen to until I find it.
 
malden said:
Receivers are relevant to hipsters who don't listen to the radio but want bright shiny lights to show their hipster friends...:rflmao:
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How many people do you know, really, that just have great sounding, but boring looking, separates? Everyone likes a pretty tuner and vu meters.
 
dbuz said:
How many people do you know, really, that just have great sounding, but boring looking, separates?
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there are separates that are are beautifully designed and there are receivers that are boring and ugly

dbuz said:
Everyone likes a pretty tuner and vu meters.
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that's why I have several tuners, not receivers from the 1970's.......do tuners have "VU" meters?
 
We in France have still plenty of FM Radios - at least not too far from cities - but DAB radio network continues its expansion.
Maybe there's adaptors DAB-to-FM decoders available already ? :idea:

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I see that I should have stated that I am in the UK, but I am pleased to see so many other countries still get use of the old wavelengths.
I do have a digital adaptor that plugs into the back of my receiver, so I could use DAB if I wanted to, but it's not my kind of music.
 
I haven't had a receiver or even a tuner since 1983. Somewhere along the way I managed to accumulate 3 or 4 tuners, but have never hooked one into my system.
 
My one and only receiver left from many that came and left here is a Mcintosh 4100. It's fully functional but hasn't been turned on now in a couple years. For me receivers are no longer relevant.
 
Fair question to ask in today's world of radio sound.

Most of the day, my wife tends to have the new "Sangean" kitchen radio on, with her fav oldies-type music on, and and me working outside/garage time, with more so listening to either cassette (garage) and SONY mp3 player or CD for sound... going for transmission to portable BT speakers

Because of the constant repeats on the airwaves, I tend to go with MY choice of groups/genres that some times varies all over the map.


My basic use for the RECEIVER is the surround application for TV viewing, wherein I can tweak the unit for different sound effects to my liking, since the sources offered vary in quality.

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Depends 100% on where you live. We have good FM radio here from the Twin Cities 60 miles away. So having a tuner here is a rewarding option with great music and sound quality from multiple stations.

The AM band in the US is a conspiracy theory cesspool of syndicated crap.

The SW bands are dying or dead with a few religious stations holding on.

Nothing really left in the LW band.
 
Since I Hate Commercials, and worse, DJ's Babbling on about nothing related to either the song/LP or music in general, I haven't listened to my wonderful Magnum Dynalab MD100T FM tuner with its tubed analog stage for about 8 years. Since discovering Streaming, Spotify Premium specifically when I tried it for the first time with my Yamaha Rx-A770 Network Streaming AVR.

I Loved streaming so much I bought a Cambridge CX-N V2 Streamer/Digital Preamp for my main Bryston/Rega/Reference 3A Stereo system. I also listen to CD's and LP's when I'm in the mode.

So no, Receivers are no longer relevant to me for home entertainment. I do sometimes listen to the radio in the car though or in the morning for news.

Internet Tuners are interesting though, as I can listen in on radio stations from all over the world. I Remember the days when I used to be up at 3 AM to see what AM stations I could pick up before the batteries ran out. On a good night AM travels halfway across North America. And of course there is always SW for that.
 
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Are you specifically referring to receivers (integrated component with tuner-preamp-amplifier) or dedicated tuners? There are plenty of users who still enjoy receivers who don't necessarily utilize the tuner section.
 
If I couldn't listen to FM radio in the house, garage, or while driving, what would I listen to?

I have around fifteen receivers in the house, mostly 70's Harman Kardons in various states of repair, and I'd be lost without them for listening to local FM. The local stations keep me up to date on current events while the ones over the border seem to play better tunes.
 
Mumbles said:
If I couldn't listen to FM radio in the house, garage, or while driving, what would I listen to?

I have around fifteen receivers in the house, mostly 70's Harman Kardons in various states of repair, and I'd be lost without them for listening to local FM. The local stations keep me up to date on current events while the ones over the border seem to play better tunes.
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I listen to CDs. We used to have an excellent college radio station but now all they do is talk and NPR. No thanks. The rest is garbage mostly.
 
coonmanx said:
I listen to CDs.
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Same here, plus vinyl and cassettes but not on a daily basis. When I do listen to recoded music, It's usually in the evenings when I'm tired of radio and there's nothing on the tube or internet worth watching.
 
I still listen to FM but it's mainly on the weekends. WAKY radio has Wayback Weekends from Friday evening until Sunday night every weekend. I listen to it while I'm on my computer just like I am right now. Through the week if I'm in my car I might listen to some AM depending on what is on.
 
I grew up on FM radio in SoCal and always had a receiver starting with my first audio system. FM radio was where the cool kids hung out. Then, the internet happened and many stations took their signal online. When I got rid of the receiver I had then, I bought and integrated amp instead of a receiver. I still have an AVR (Yamaha RX-V990) in my HT system, but never even hooked up the antenna. But that system was for records, CDs, cassettes, and TV. Today, I have WiiM Pro Plus streamers on that system and two other main ones. I approach streaming like FM radio and have set up artist and genre stations through Pandora so that's kinda my modern version of FM radio today. Plus, I live outside of a small town in the country and our selection of FM stations is thin and none are of interest to me. If I lived in a major metro area, I might listen to local stations again but streaming wins for my wants. Right now, I'm playing somehowjazz.com through my living room system while I enjoy my morning. Bottom line, for me, I wouldn't buy a new receiver again.
 
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