I’d look for a Vintage tuner that’s been refreshed i.e. new caps, proper alignment. there is no one really make really good tuners anymore for reasonable prices and if its only for the occasional use vintage is the way to go. you can find yourself a really nice sounding tuner for a couple hundred or supper sounding one for $500-800 after refresh. Need a good antenna with any tuner though.
for new the best are probably these guys, they also make some excellent antenna:
http://www.magnumdynalab.com/
for vintage a good site for learning is:
https://www.fmtunerinfo.com/
personally a Sansui TU series is hard to beat when refreshed.
lastly the only reason to digitize your FM signal if your system is all digital (in which case it would most likely digitize the analogue signal coming into it), your using room correction (same as above most likely) or you don't have an analogue input.
An analogue to digital converter is common in the recording industry so if you need to go that way try a local music store they would have a cheaper and good sounding unit, i.e. Tascam etc.
for new the best are probably these guys, they also make some excellent antenna:
http://www.magnumdynalab.com/
for vintage a good site for learning is:
https://www.fmtunerinfo.com/
personally a Sansui TU series is hard to beat when refreshed.
lastly the only reason to digitize your FM signal if your system is all digital (in which case it would most likely digitize the analogue signal coming into it), your using room correction (same as above most likely) or you don't have an analogue input.
An analogue to digital converter is common in the recording industry so if you need to go that way try a local music store they would have a cheaper and good sounding unit, i.e. Tascam etc.