Ty Ford wrote:
Everyone knows what AM souds like versus FM. Your preference to make a
technical point is appreciated, but short of those GE super radios and their
like, the majority of AM receivers ain't passing much. Certainly not as much
as FM.

Right, most AM radios don't pass any more than 4 KC tops, and a lot of them
don't even pass that much very well. But this is the fault of the radios
being crappy.

The stations get crappy only because the folks running the station figure
that the radios are crappy anyway so why should they bother making things
sound good?

I was working in both AM and FM during the crossover period when FM
penetration first became a factor. I know what I heard.

Yup, and the difference between AM and FM today is about the same, because
BOTH sound crappier than they did back then. And that is a pity, and one
that IBOC won't fix.
--scott

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