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Yes, definitely

The most egregious attack on FM sound quality, at least here in the NYC
Metro area, is the dearth of stations (only WQXR and part time on WNYC).
WQXR is desperate for any advertisement -- if you want to hear ads for
funeral homes you'll get a good idea of what they think of their market
dynamics.

WQXR is also running with less "juice" than before -- (this was confirmed to
me by one of their engineers, it may have been temporary) -- I noticed that
the S-Level (if you can call it that, there is a signal strength meter on my
Linn) -- was down several dB. I am using a 6 element yagi tuned between
WNYC and WQXR for FM reception.

Similarly, while in Cleveland recently I noticed that WCLV or whatever they
call themselves these days, ran the same kind of commercials you hear on
talk radio.

Of course, a.m. talk radio sound quality is also lower -- and they try to
take advantage of propagation by overly reducing the power -- I have an HP
3586C measurement receiver and you can see the dBm's drop right after 6:00
pm.

my advice -- become a webonaut -- I listen to one of the Ohio stations on
the web while I do my work at the computer.

I live about 100 miles north of Seattle. I'm fortunate in that I've got
3 great classical radio services to listen to. KING-FM (98.1 Seattle),
KZAZ FM (91.7 Bellingham NPR Classical Service) and 105.7 (CBC Radio
One) transmitting from Vancouver, BC.

However, reception is not the best in the mountainous area I live in.
Quality of signal varies drastically from day-to-day. Thus I too now,
when home, mostly listen to stations via the Internet. This is
especially convenient for me as I have added a wireless hub and can plug
my wireless laptop directly into my main stereo system.

Currently my favorite sources for Internet broadcasting a

www.streamingsoundtracks.com (64 Kbit mp3Pro stream)
www.bluebeat.com (offering a number of stations
at 160Kbit or 320 Kbit data rates)

I'm especially impressed with the quality of sound from bluebeat.com.
This site is completely free, has no spyware or adware, and the high
data rates definitely make a huge difference in offering better sound
quality than all the other web services I've listened to.

Chris Kantack