tuners, the red headed stepchild?

not bad in the Raleigh area -- 2 jazz stations, one good classical, wcpe - also streams, good blues Thurs and Fri nites on wsha 88.9
gotta find a decent tuner with good pulling power

I think they get a lot of respect if, as Tpreaves says, you have some decent stations nearby. I do and have a small collection of them.

As a little insurance against the future, I have an FM transmitter in my house that can broadcast whatever I plug into it all thru the house to my various tuners and table radios. Right now I'm listening to XM playing on my 10b. Go figure.

respect--- looks like they get the least amount of bytes online compared to other sources

I found a nice tuner at Goodwill. I sold the top of the line Onkyo for a third of it's resale value just because I hate FM, and pity anyone who craves it.
Tuners suck.
First you have to be near some good stations that MAY have an hour or two hour program of actually decent stuff. Other then THAT hopeful scenario (New York City, L.A.) you have to put up with all the garbage BESIDES the music. (Unless it is a public station, or a college station then maybe just a LITTLE less of the verbiage))
Folks complain about all the snap crackle pop on LPs. Man, I can't stand all the EXTRA LOUD.. DID I MENTION IT IS LOUDER THAN THE MUSIC.. talk, adverts, and general trash that calls itself FM radio. maybe if you can stand all the trash, AND acually ENJOY top 40 from 1982, or 1969 or whatever oldy, moldy stuff they repeat and repeat, and repeat, and repeat and, repeat.. etc, or really bad country, or Rush Limburger, or call ins trashing SOMEBODY.. etc
If Cable TV is the great wasteland.. Broadcast FM is the great dumpster.
Gee I wonder if Elizabeth DOESN'T LIKE FM?
(PS I own 2,000 CDs and 6,000 LPs... let alone the internet.. I got music.)

Elizabeth -- NYC has awful radio. location, location, location.