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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 29 Mar 2010 22:52 On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:22:19 -0500, Jane Galt wrote: > =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote > : > : >> On Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:17:01 -0500, Jane Galt wrote: >> >>>> Keep in mind that the head units that are XM Ready still need an XM >>>> receiver -- I'd like to take a moment to mention that XM and Sirius > have >>>> merged, and I use XM to mean either of them -- to get the signal. I >>>> can't stress how much I enjoyed mine while I had it (the car it was >>>> installed in was stolen, and I did not replace it). I especially liked >>>> it because where I live in the Black Hole of radio markets caused me >>>> to costantly be tuning the radio trying to find something that came in >>>> better than the static. We get three things on radio here, Mexicans, >>>> Religion, and static. >>> >>> I've been looking at an XM forum and they nix the HD FM part. Seems the > HD >>> and HD surround sound standard never caught on, and likely wont. >> >> XM is already a digital signal, and is already pretty good. > > Nobody has gotten surround sound right yet. > >> One of my clients is a radio station in NH that runs multiple stations >> from file servers. We were repairing one of the servers and the engineer >> gave me a demonstration of HD. They have an AM radio station that runs >> Rush Limbaugh in the afternoon, and port the signal over to a low power > FM >> station as well. So you get talk radio with FM quality. > > Kool. I'm not a Rush fan, but close - Glenn Beck. Rush isn't on XM, but Beck is. They tried not running his program a couple times...haven't done it since... > >> They have a monitor in the server room and he switched from broadcast AM >> to HD AM. WOW! Then he swtiched to an AM Stereo country station they >> run. WOW!!! Unbelieveable sound. > > But I understand the HD standard is dying out, from the guys at the XM > forum. I wouldn't count on it. A lot of stations have paid a lot of money to implement HD. I'd watch for another mandate from Gevernment; HD doesn't take up as much bandwidth as FM, so there would be more airspace to sell. > >> Then he put on the FM side of the country station, which sounded about >> as good as the AM HD station. Then he put on the FM HD version of the >> station. Not really a noticeable difference. > > But is anyone actually broadcasting in it? Around here there are a few. The ones that count, anyway. > >> For broadcast AM HD makes a tremendous difference, not so much with FM >> (and we were sitting under the toweer, so we had a good signal). Since >> XM is digital already, HD isn't a big consideration. Now, HD Surround >> would probably be pretty good, but you would need a sound system on par >> with > the >> Bose system used in the Corvette to be noticable. It can be done, but >> how much do you want to spend on a sound system > > Exactly. But remember, the first pre-production color TV's were $30k, I > think. > > Hey the chinese can do anything cheap. LOL > >> (HINT: A friend of mine with a >> Prism installed a kick-a$$ sound system, and when the car got stolen the >> insurance co said, We'll pay $11,500 for the stero, but you're taking a >> loss on the car...) > > LOL (he didn't think so...)
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 29 Mar 2010 22:54
On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:30:53 -0400, ---MIKE--- wrote: > I have an HD tuner in my home. I tune in to 107.9 (Vermont public radio) > and get an excellent signal even though I am 70 miles from the > transmitter. I use it for the classical music network (sub 2) which I > can't get on regular FM. I added the Sirius receiver because I was not > always happy with VPR's programming. Would ATC be the culprit? > > > ---MIKE--- >>>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire > >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |