[BC] IBOC AM Quality

[padrino]

I think you're missing my point. Most of us, in the biz, are too close to
it, and we can hear the various 'ills.' Most consumers will not hear the
anomolies that are debated in these threads. Considering that, the greater
majority of consumer listeners have noticed, what they perceive, as
improved audio quality on HD-AM, as compared to conventional AM.

-Frank Foti

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>> Odd...That is not the reaction I have received from
>> radio listeners about
>> AM. Their common complaint is that the audio is
>> dull, in comparison to FM,
>> CDs, or even records, when those were popular. Not
>> to mention that most
>> people do not like static interference that affects
>> AM.
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>My Zenith "High Fidelity" has a wide enough AM to be
>almost as good as the FM section. It MAY be. I just
>don't have any station that simulcasts AM and FM.
>There will be static. However, if the thunderstrom IS
>severe enough, you WILL INDEED hear the static on FM.
>I'd expect IBOC tu belch in that case. 
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>> Even though there is no free lunch, in any tech, HD
>> on AM is perceived by
>> *most* who hear it as an improvement over
>conventional AM >audio.
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>That's true if you listen to a muffled radio. 
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>> I support Jim's original comments, as those parallel
>> what I have heard
>> from casual consumers who have heard HD on AM.
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>> -Frank Foti
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>I hear artifacts on the MW IBOC. It's better than the
>muffly AM on the Accurain.....but....
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