I need Help!

HBombToo
HBombToo Posts: 5,256
edited February 2024 in Clubhouse Archives
There is something that has been festering in my noggin and I am looking for some rants.
here goes

I bought my second tuner from Steve in Arizona. Its outstanding and easy to use but on the front it says Reference Tuner and the specs say 20 to 15 kHz. Well an old thought resurfaced and I asked myself if I can... why can I buy blank cd's and furthermore, download recording software free on the internet and burn an extremely close copy of the original? Why is it that corporate radio has a 20-15kHz bandwidth.

The difference between a Tuner and a cd from my most recent experience is stark so I ask why is this still the case. If broadcast TV can broadcast 1080i and ensure copy protection then why can't we do the same with radio and enjoy more resolution?

Before I end my rant I would like to say that I have even pulled an old but clean Phillips Tuner, after my Tuner purchase from Steve, from moth balls and it is pulling living room duty with my new monitors. It suffers from the same quality issues that are not its fault.

"We need the high end because thats whats available so WTF"... I say to the recording industry and the FCC, "We are being jipped plus it would be good for the economy for an audiophile class tuner to hit the market:D Think about all of us **** that would upgrade ;)

Sorry but this is my rant for the month and I'm taken it!:D Sould I be irratated?

HBomb
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  • fireshoes
    fireshoes Posts: 3,167
    edited March 2004
    I haven't looked into it too much, but they are in the process of rolling out HD radio. Digital FM is supposed to be cd quality and digital AM will be current FM quality. My new Kenwood deck I got last night is listed as HD Radio ready.
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited March 2004
    There is a deeper conspiracy. This is the specs from a $1200 in-dash Clarion DVD player/radio:

    Frequency Response: 30Hz-15kHz

    Argh!! I wonder what mine radio is??
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited March 2004
    dude Digi AM would be bada@@ IMO since i listen to sports radio AM most of the day
    Life without music would♭
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited March 2004
    Originally posted by fireshoes
    I haven't looked into it too much, but they are in the process of rolling out HD radio. Digital FM is supposed to be cd quality and digital AM will be current FM quality. My new Kenwood deck I got last night is listed as HD Radio ready.

    I read in an issue of S&V almost a year ago about the digital broadcasts... my Pontiac has a Monsoon(or something like that) that receives text so I see a banner with the band name and name of the tune. Thats not going to cure a 15kHz resolution at home bud...

    HBomb

    OH... as I recall AM digital provides the best from an audio upgrade path. AM is just a waist of spectrum IMHO!

    1/4Twin
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  • Ceruleance
    Ceruleance Posts: 991
    edited March 2004
    afaik, the frequency response is limited by the spacing of the channels, if you increased the freq. resp. you would either get aliasing of the signal or two adjacent stations would interfere with each other's signals. The only way to increase frequency response would be to respace and reorder all the stations..

    the reason we can get HD is because they are defining the bandwidth of each station with the HD signal in mind..
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,779
    edited March 2004
    My Sansui T-9 Tuner, Picks up 5 bars, Stereo on about every inch of the frequency range. No complaints here.

    Frequency limitation dosnt bother me anyways. As much as I listen to the radio.....

    and no I wouldnt upgrade to a tuner that can reach 5 more KHZ.....

    I would rather get Sirius or XM
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • HBombToo
    HBombToo Posts: 5,256
    edited March 2004
    Originally posted by Ceruleance
    The only way to increase frequency response would be to respace and reorder all the stations..


    and why do we understand this but the FCC has their thump up their %#&?

    I should have said Donkey:D
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