[BC] Sangean HD component tuner and Infusion portable Internet radio

[James Somich]

Contrary to the opinions of most engineers, this is an improvement. It has
to be refined and it will be. I am ready to accept it as the "new radio."
Give it a little time. Boy, you guys are a tough audience!!

On 12/20/06, Robert Orban <rorban at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> At 06:38 AM 12/20/2006, Rich Wood wrote:
> >------ At 04:39 AM 12/20/2006, James Somich wrote: -------
> >
> >>The unit has nice audio quality on my big system. It is easy to use. I
> have
> >>no complaints on the sensitivity. I can't get WJR(AM) in HD, but they
> are 65
> >>miles away (as the crow flies).
> >
> >Are there any stations in your market processing separately? Can you tell
> >the difference when it switches to digital? A former CC employee on this
> >list says their stations are but both analog and digital are identically
> >processed here, so I can't hear any difference on my Accurian. I wish I
> >had waited and bought the Sangean. The audio sections of all the table
> >radios are pretty dull and lifeless. One thing I don't understand is why
> a
> >component digital radio wouldn't have digital outputs.
>
> There are plenty of stations in the San Francisco and Los Angeles markets
> processing HD properly (i.e. with separate, optimized peak limiting on the
> FM analog and HD channels). I hear the biggest difference on hip-hop
> formats -- the FM analog sounds dynamically flat by comparison to the HD.
> When the HD kicks in, the drums and percussion start to punch -- you can
> "feel the kick drum in your gut." This makes perfect sense -- the HD
> channel has at least 5 dB less peak limiting on the drums compared to the
> analog channel. I am hearing this easily on my BA.
>
> Bob Orban
>
>
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