Since 90's the LW and MW starts to be neglected (also the SW, but this was popular in the Far East/Japan, America, etc.), which means the sensibility of receivers decreased from 8uV to a few hundred uV-s on LM and MW, pushing the consumers to use just the FM, which has a shorter coverage distance - but a higher quality of reception. Nowadays, if you purchase a radio or on-air bands you will meet the low quality of sound (compression used by DAB or DAB+ just theoretically can achieve the FM stereo signal quality, in reality, is less listenable), and also the low quality of receivers/tuner part (sensibility decreased, or instead of linear or PLL circuits now the conversion are made via DSPs). After that comes a degradation in any air radio wave reception, especially on AM bands. That era, until the middle of the '80s, was the best period for audio systems and receivers/tuners. If we take a look at the history of radios, we can affirm, till the end of 80's the famous brand manufacturers' target was to make exceptionally good quality equipment (like Philips, Marantz, Dual, Denon, Sony, Onkyo, Kenwood, JVC, etc.). My hobby also covers wave-surfing, but not as a radio amateur, just as a DX-er, mostly on FM (regarding its higher quality), but also on medium and short waves.
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