I love my squeezebox run into my Bel Canto DAC3. I get the world at my finger tips, and my local NPR music channel sounds great streamed at a pretty high res rate. I agree FM is dead for the most part, and isn't it true also that the analog FM signal will soon go the way of the analog TV signal--as in gone, and we'll need a digital converter?
FM tuners - Are they OBSOLETE ?
As much as I a have liked tuners in the past - and probably kidded myself that older ''vintage'' tuners sound better (after owning quite a few), I really don't see much use for them except maybe a nostalgic bridge to days past, or bragging rights to pride of ownership with McIntosh gear or whatever.
With the newer technologies giving access to hundreds of stations around the globe, it just seems like THE proposition to discover new music.
I of course know that some high-end tuners sound very good - but let me tell you - a clean 128 digital feed into a DAC (from a digital transport like the Wadia or Cambridge Audio's new ID-100), is pretty impressive...
Sort of make kilo-buck tuners seem futile and very expensive by comparison.
What do you think ?
With the newer technologies giving access to hundreds of stations around the globe, it just seems like THE proposition to discover new music.
I of course know that some high-end tuners sound very good - but let me tell you - a clean 128 digital feed into a DAC (from a digital transport like the Wadia or Cambridge Audio's new ID-100), is pretty impressive...
Sort of make kilo-buck tuners seem futile and very expensive by comparison.
What do you think ?