Finding a Great Sounding FM Tuner

I am envious of your Ron Smith Galaxy 17 @barry2013.  I had a good chat with his son, George, and was very keen to get one.  Then I made the mistake of looking up planning regulations.  Then I made the even bigger mistake of asking my local council wether an FM ariel really needed planning permission in the UK if it's just replacing an existing one.

"Yes," said the planning office.  "If it's bigger than 600mm in any direction, you will."

That sadly put paid to my upgrade from a regular folded dipole to a Ron Smith Galaxy 17!  One day ...

Guy.

"A good tuner with a good signal will sound much better [than the livestream]."
Just so.
Remarkable and encouraging that a discussion of FM tuners can still be had in CE 2025.

I have this rotel in my kitchen. It is very good.

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_440T11BK/Rotel-T11-Black.html

I should have mentioned this tuner the Hitachi FT-5500MKII. It is just under the audio quality of the Hitachi FT-8000 but you likely would not hear the difference. This is the best fringe reception tuner ever made. So, if you live in a difficult reception area and install a unidirectional outdoor antenna this may be your ticket to success. A little rare but does show up on eBay for about $200. Most are in the UK so ask if wired for 120 volts AC.

Unidirectional outdoor antenna. Only two are available. Older model is 300 ohm on eBay and best in first picture. Other is 75 0um available on Amazon at low cost. Picture two.