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An Old Friend returns -- FM Radio

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Posted on March 2, 2015 at 18:43:21
jedrider
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Posts: 15167
Location: No. California
Joined: December 26, 2003
 My reception has been much improved. Hooked up the antenna again yesterday and had a BUNCH of listening sessions.

Good radio stations are so necessary and so good when you find them.

My antenna wire doesn't go all over the house, but brought my tuner and a headphone amplifier over to where the antenna wire was and just listened to a bunch of good programming.

When the artist is IN the studio, it is just FANTASTIC.

 

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RE: An Old Friend returns -- FM Radio, posted on March 3, 2015 at 04:05:21
sony6060
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Posts: 1465
Location: USA
Joined: August 8, 2014
 I am a big FM stereo fan. I had 38 FM tuners and settled on a Fisher KW-60 with upgrades including rolling in the best tubes. The tuner is re-aligned for top performance. I get over 30dB stereo separation. With this Fisher tuner the right FM station can approach CD like quality.

 

RE: An Old Friend returns -- FM Radio, posted on March 3, 2015 at 12:45:12
6bq5
Audiophile

Posts: 4391
Location: SF Bay
Joined: August 16, 2001
 Glad that you have re-found your old friend-
We have some excellent FM in Northern CA-
Happy Tuning
Happy Listening

 

Hiw do you measure the stereo seperation ?.., posted on March 7, 2015 at 07:42:30
ABliss
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Posts: 1482
Joined: March 16, 2001
Contributor
  Since: August 3, 2002
 do you need a scope.


AB.

 

RE: Hiw do you measure the stereo seperation ?.., posted on March 7, 2015 at 09:40:23
sony6060
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Posts: 1465
Location: USA
Joined: August 8, 2014
 I use a Sencore SG-165 meter with the built in stereo signal generator.

 

This is what we listen to almost all the time, posted on March 7, 2015 at 22:36:12
Timbo in Oz
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Posts: 23221
Location: Canberra - in the ACT - SE Australia
Joined: January 30, 2002
 Try it between 6 am and 12 midnight Australian time. We are 16 to 19 hours ahead of you. When's that?

If you have Windoze just set up an additional clock for the east coast of Australia.

You do have to LIKE classical music a lot, but we find it intelligent, and despite: station promos, promoting of concerts, and their own recordings, - there are no other ads.

The LISTEN LIVE button is the one to click. The transmitted FM sound quality - via satellite, nationally - is a good bit better than this internet feed.


Warmest

Tim Bailey

Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger


 

ABC Jazz sounds really good for a 128k stream, posted on March 8, 2015 at 14:08:23
SamA
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Posts: 2902
Location: Washington, D.C.
Joined: February 12, 2004
 Glad you posted about ABC. Lots to explore there. ABC Jazz sounds far better than the posted 128k stream and I'll check in on a regular basis.

 

RE: ABC Jazz sounds really good for a 128k stream, posted on March 30, 2015 at 06:03:03
Brian Levy
Audiophile

Posts: 2438
Location: Toronto
Joined: June 5, 2000
 I listen to KUSC streaming at 128 and as sickening as it seems to me as an old geezer, I have to admit it is pretty good. Still a bit dry any sterile but good enough that for the first time I have a fm radio station for listening on my tablet. The tablet is well respected for its audio, if nothing else and the headphone output that I use it as a feed through the aux input into my living room stereo.

If there are enough stations streaming at this rate, I can see where fm could be eliminated as a source in the future.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada

 

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