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In Reply to: RE: Noise free antenna cable posted by Jeff Starr on March 31, 2015 at 19:38:31
As a former MD dealer I have never thought much of that antenna. Connect it to the Yamaha and see for yourself. Also search that antenna here and you'll find not much good said of it. We used one in our showroom and a wire dipole beat it hands down. Nix the ST-2 put something on the roof or in the attic. If you don't want to do that even rabbit ears which can retain their exact position unlike a wire dipole is a cheap solution.
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A standard Dipole is better than the st-2....
Happy Listening
Yep and as we respected MD for their tuners we (employees at dealer)were all surprised how shitty the ST-2 is/was.
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What surprises me is that the ST-2 got a good review from (I believe it was) Stereophile. I just did a search of their site, and couldn't find it, so I may be mistaken about it being Stereophile, but I don't think so. Stereophile was one of the two magazines I subscribed to back then, the other being Listener. And I don't believe Listener ever did an antenna review. Tuners, yes, but not antennas.
About twenty years ago I sold my house and moved into an apartment in another state, to (once again!) chase employment. I missed my roof mounted Yagi, which was in storage, and actually considered the ST-2 because of the review. I'm always happy I re-considered, and saved myself the $100. I'd have built Timbo's suggested rhombic, if only I'd known about it back then.
I have one hanging on the side of my house abandoned. Free to whoever wants it.
AB.
I still think sometimes that well it must have been environmentally related, I mean the reason I hated the ST-2. Then I see (another) post like this one from AB. The preponderance of evidence is negative.
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