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My favorite local FM Station is using HD Radio ?

My local FM radio station is now broadcasting in High Definition. This, of course requires a High Definition tuner which would be quite the jump for me as I am currently using a vintage Fisher early-sixties tuner.

I would like to run the signal through my high-end DAC. does anybody know anything about this? Any thoughts whatsoever are appreciated, including opinions on hardware.
unclejeff
unclejeff OP
1,313 posts
 
wow. Looks like I hit a nerve or two.....
lugnut
1,190 posts
 
Fatparrot,

I agree with every word you wrote about the dismal condition of radio today. There is a way to have extremely high quality local programming. It's called community radio and it's available to any locale. Here is a great example of the streaming version. It's wonderful to drive around listening to the broadcast version. Give it a listen.
hifying
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Well I guess someone needs to tell DaySequerra that
The term "HD-Radio" is deliberately being used as subterfuge, to confuse the average ignorant consumer into believing that jumping from analog radio to digital "HD-Radio" will produce the same astounding quality improvements that jumping from analog TV to HDTV produces. AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN!

http://www.daysequerra.com/
unclejeff OP
1,313 posts
 
I did listen to my favorite FM station in both HD and analog in a car radio. Your above post is the first I have heard of that incorporates HD FM in an in-home environment.

The comparison that I could do with the car radios showed an improvement with HD radio.
shasta
155 posts
 
I've heard a remarkable difference in several FM stations lately, and I haven't changed tuners. Researching this revealed the stations have gone HD/digital, and I haven't.
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