tuners, the red headed stepchild?

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.

Elizabeth,
Tell us how you really feel :)

The nature of radio is changing, making analog tuners redundant IMHO. Digital, web-based streams have opened up the world of live broadcasting. I sold my tuner a few years ago soon after buying a Squeezebox. Many, if not most stations these days have web-based broadcasts that come in without interference and sound as good as most mid-fi tuners once processed through a good DAC. All the local stations I would ever listen to on a tuner, I can now get via web, plus thousands of other stations from all over the world. Why would I ever go back?