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Originally Posted by kappclark
I bought the Sony tuner, and it is far superior to my Yamaha T-80 ...
I always thought my tuner was a holy grail of sorts for FM, and I was
very happy with the analog performance.
BUt now, there is ZERO noise ... I am hearing background vocals much
more clearly now, and classical (in analog and especially in HD) is
much more detailed.
Dynamic range is better, but not CD-quality. I notice the signal to be
less compressed, and there is no fatigue.
All this for less than I paid for my stock Yamaha tuner off ebay ..
Bill Clark
Windham, VT
On Jul 8, 6:45*pm, wrote:
http://theaudiocritic.com/blog/
* *H"DRadioFM/AM DigitalTuner
* *SonyXDR-F1HD
* *This is a $100 (thats no typo)tunerthat blows away the classic super
* *tuners of McIntosh, Marantz, Sequerra, Accuphase, etc., according to
* *FM experts who know more than I do."
He referes to this in depth technical review:
http://ham-radio.com/k6sti/xdr-f1hd.htm |
Considering that well-made MP3s at 192kb/sec are very hard to tell from CDs, that AACs at the same bit rate are well-nigh impossible to split from CDs (or even from 24/96 recordings), and that HD uses an even more advanced Codec than AAC, it shouldn't really come as any surprise that the 'analogue classics' such as the Day Sequerra, Marantz and Yamaha FM tuners (and my own trusty Onkyo!) should have been eclipsed in more than 30 years of development. Modern digital technology is very powerful *and* very cheap and consistent to produce, so such a result is well-nigh inevitable. Now, if only the programme makers can produce some decent content....