A reasonably recent FM tuner with good sensitivity is the Denon TU-1500RD. This goes for $100-150 on eBay. I've heard from people who say it solved some of their deep fringe reception problems.

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The brand new $5,500 USD McIntosh MR89 AM/FM Tuner is their most advanced one ever; ironic considering the view that radio is dead. McIntosh claims it incorporates a multitude of advancements to ...

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Noise-blanking, a system to minimize interference, worked, though not perfect. If all tuners sounded like this one on AM, KHJ would still be playing top-40. FM reception was likewise excellent.

Last year, we hit nearly $3.5 billion." But the issue that may bring the most heated debate is about the FM tuners.

Inconsistent to this world view is the conscious decision made by OEMs to disable local AM and FM radio support on modern handsets. It goes without saying that access to a traditional radio tuner ...

This sensitive FM radio tuner is the right circuit for hobbyists who want to build their own tuners instead of buying a “plug-n-play” finished product. The fm tuner circuit is designed with only 3 ...

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This makes a three-transistor circuit – still quite simple for an FM radio (Figure 2 ). The adjustment of the quench-level control is critical, so a good single-turn potentiometer should be used in ...

It is better than a typical AM tuner from that era or now, but it just didn’t sparkle like the others in this comparison. FM sounded fine, though not remarkable. I’d rate it a 6 out of 10.