[BC] IBOC Radios

[Robert Orban]

At 07:14 PM 8/24/2006, you wrote:
>From: WFIFeng at aol.com
>Subject: Re: [BC] A Pig in a Polk
>To: broadcast at radiolists.net
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>In a message dated 08/24/2006 9:22:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>rorban at earthlink.net writes:
>
> > The improved sound quality could not justify the Polk's $600 price tag,
> >  particularly with its basic RF problems.  There is no excuse for such a
> >  poor tuner in a $600 tabletop entertainment center. The radio is already
>on
> >  its way back to Polk for a refund. It's astonishing to me that after the
> >  BA's well-publicized RF problems, Polk didn't get this right.
>
>Can we call this a "Strike Two"? The more I am reading here about the whole
>HD system, the more it looks like a very expensive failure is 
>brewing. Not even
>Polk could get it right? How does this bode for "Spark-o-matic" and their ilk?

There are actually a number of HD radios with excellent front ends, 
mostly auto radios. The problem seems to be with the tablestop radios.

We shall see if BA gets it right in V2.

Bob Orban