I've got FM covered. What about AM?

I've found that AM radio can sound remarkably good with the older tubed tuners.  I have a Fisher Model Eighty AM/FM tuner/preamp in my workshop system connected to a homebrew SET 6B4 amplifier driving a single Klipsch Heresy speaker.  There is not much music on AM anymore but it makes ballgames more fun to listen to.  FM sounds good as well through this system. 

AM radio was the primary music medium for the first half of the twentieth century.  Effort was made to make AM radio sound as good as possible.  Audiophile revered tubes such as the 76, 45, and 2A3 were developed for console AM radios, the "hi-fis" of their time.

I have to ask. AM radios used to play typically pop with a very large proportion of commercials and nonsense talk... is that still true? I remember converting over to FM in ~1969.

@pdspiegel That's exactly the information that I uncovered while researching AM tuners.  I'd actually narrowed my search to what're considered to be some some finest ever:   the McKay Dymeck AM-5 and DR-22; however, I settled on the the Marantz 2130 based upon it's stunning appearance and overall market desirability.

My sole reason for wanting an AM tuner is to listen to talk radio while in the house.  To the extent that it delivers a clear AM signal, I'm made the choice that offers fidelity, aesthetics, and cool factor.   

@ghdprentice asked "I have to ask. AM radios used to play typically pop with a very large proportion of commercials and nonsense talk... is that still true? " 

The talk radio station that I listen to mostly plays commercials on the arround the half-hour and top of the hour.  The main content is mostly between those times.

"I remember converting over to FM in ~1969."   

You gave me a flashback to 1969, New Year's Eve.  I remember watching the ball drop with my two brothers at my grandmother's house while my parents were at a party.  

I have a Nakamichi ST-7 tuner both AM & FM listen to am in mornings.

Great tuner. It plays as well FM as some of the Magnum Dynalab 70 80 tuners