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In Reply to: RE: MARANTZ 2020 TUNER - WON'T PLAY IN STEREO posted by rivieraranch on October 21, 2009 at 14:53:44
Even in areas of high signal strength?!!!'Yes.
A low-gain but directional antenna can help you select out a very strong station from another (also strong?) when they are close on the dial, but not close on the ground - IE on a different bearing from where you are. Got it?
Sound quality from FM even in mono but especially in stereo, really is highly dependent on a directional antenna, because reflected signals that get added to the signal by the time it reaches you WILL - futz with the phase relationships inherent in the MPX'd signal, and the MPX stage's job - in your tuner.
It is puzzling to me that so many of you here, implicitly (and explicitly as here) hold to a mental model where tuners can be indulged in without considering an antenna that matches these embedded requirements of FM.
Viz. Even in the series of threads about the shift in frequency and to MUCH lower power of a loved classical station for NYC and NJ listeners, more than a few posters did not take up the replies on the potential antenna solutions. Like they weren't there.
Given the prone-ness of audiophiles and many here at Tuners, to
obsessing about power cords and tube rolling and other 2nd order issues- for their tuners, I do find myself puzzled if not amused, when this is combined with an unwillingness to invest time, or thought, or effort into the front-end of their radio system. Let alone money.It is my view that if you are not willing to make that effort, FM is much less likely to be a satisfying source of music for you.
Perhaps it is being used for background / wallpaper service? OR perhaps it IS because FM has become so dire, for most of you. Itself a product of the 'choices to accept' made by millions of consumers in the radio market.
;-)!
Warmest
Timothy Bailey
The Skyptical Mensurer and Audio Scrounger
And gladly would he learn and gladly teach - Chaucer. ;-)!
'Still not saluting.'
http://www.theanalogdept.com/tim_bailey.htm
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