Most of my music listening by far is via FM. I have loved FM radio since the '50s. Fortunately, there is one excellent station here in Philly that I can just leave on most of the time, WRTI, the Temple University station, half classical, half jazz, with excellent programming. They have a very loyal following in this area with very successful fundraising and underwriting as a public, non commercial station. And, they have avoided the boring all talk/news format that so many other NPR stations have, unfortunately, adopted in place of music. Back in the '50s, there were 6-8 primarily classical music stations on our local FM dial. Now, there is only one, but a very strong one.
I venture down to the listening room for serious listening mainly just for a few hours in the evenings, and I prefer listening to selections there from my predominately hirez Mch library. But, most of every day, WRTI is on in the living/dining area, where I tend to be, more as background, but I do get engrossed in it sometimes, as I do in the car. So, FM predominates my listening time, but not really for serious listening.
Formerly, I used a Bose tabletop radio for decades. I just sold that at a neighborhood flea market for $50. Not bad for something about 30 years old and gathering dust. The buyer said it works great. For the past 5 years, an $80 Sangean clock radio has been my primary FM source. It is way better than the Bose was, and it is quite an amazingly satisfying bargain for my needs. A second one in the bedroom also makes a good alarm clock radio.
I tried a digital HDFM radio for awhile. I liked the sound, but not the device itself, and reception was poor. So, analog FM is what I am still happy using.
I, too, once had a Magnum Dynalab Etude tuner in my main system. But, it got little use there vs. my own music collection, and I sold it for decent money.
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