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In Reply to: how many stations - good ones - are there, for you? posted by Timbo in Oz on December 15, 2009 at 04:13:12:
Wow, I think your presume too much.
I've got an APS-9, and am building a 20' Yagi for 88-92Mhz. I have a rooftop mounted antenna roughly 50' from the ground. I have a digitally controlled rotator, I know the locations and terrain of all of the stations I listen to. I have been on fmfool.com as well. I'm aware of multipath, I have a meter, I am even aware of leaf attenuation from the trees surrounding my area.
Most of my tuners have been modified with both AF and RF modifications. Low loss IF filters, IF amps etc...... I don't believe any approach the RF performance of the Sony.
I'm pretty sure I've got the antenna/reception/RF factor down.
I'm 50 miles north of Chicago. Yes, I know about WFMT, I don't care all that much for clasical/opera. I know about WDCB, which, until I got the Sony I wasn't able to pick up totally clean. With the HD broadcasting I can get 3 HD channels on 91.1 WGDT FM right over the boarder. One of those broadcasts jazz on a regualar basis.
I'm not familiar with a "self-limiting" approach. I consider all aspects of a tuner's performance.
I can tell you that the HD broadcasts I have heard sound pretty good. Frequency response, soundstage, it's all there, best of all it's noise free. Thanks to the sensitivity and adjacent channel selectivity I've picked up micro stations I have never heard before. What's more incredible is they're listenable.
I know nobody is interested in AM but with a 2' tunable loop I've picked up Atlanta and Philadelphia during the day!
Is the Sony the be all end all? No, but it gets you 90% of the way there for around 10% of the cost.
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Follow Ups
- RE: how many stations - good ones - are there, for you? - jihad 09:10:04 12/15/09 (5)
- That's great, but you didn't provide that information before-hand - Timbo in Oz 11:01:55 12/15/09 (4)
- RE: That's great, but you didn't provide that information before-hand - jihad 13:40:38 12/15/09 (1)
- Thank you, you could have gotten quite terse if you'd wanted, ;-)! - Timbo in Oz 14:07:54 12/15/09 (0)
- Yo, Timbo, it's in his profile. nt - Travis 11:08:07 12/15/09 (1)
- In looked and yes it is, very rare. - Timbo in Oz 12:04:52 12/15/09 (0)
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