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Try running satellite dish through DAC for music

If you have a satellite dish I'm sure you know they have great music channels. Jazz, Classical etc. No commercials and great variety. We use one of the digital outputs and run it through a DAC which brings the performance close to cd playback. A neat way to get a wide range of music. We are in a fringe area so fm reception is almost impossible. Nice alternative anyway.
jcaudio
easy_e
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Another way to avoid commercials is to listen only to public radio as elitist snobs like myself do.
rives
953 posts
 
Since someone mentioned NPR I have to comment on September 11th listening to them report: "...and a jet liner has crashed into the world trade center, it's 67 degrees in Baltimore with clear skies ..." They reported it so monotonically it sounded like an everyday occurance--no big deal--plane hits world trade center. Half the time I'm not really listening to them--I had to kind of shake my head and wonder--"did I really hear that right?"
avguygeorge
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Ok,long time Sat radio station listner.(6 years) The classical stations (834-836)almost never play anything I like. I have a Theta modified Sony stb

Before the Sony sat box,I was on cable and did the DMX radio;and that came w/coax.(program info was on the remotes' screen).The newer Sientific Atlanta boxes have coax out.

I also have a HD stb with toslinc --there are many movies in 5.1 ;and they are pretty good. Some of the local channels /in HD are also in 5.1
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