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Article #79Re: A psychologist's view of Hi-Fi fetishism
From: John Byrns
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:33
Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:33
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In article <1173381547.540330.109030@j27g2000cwj.googlegroups.com>, "Peter Wieck" <pfjw@aol.com> wrote: > After some pretty basic parameters are met, a good antenna will do > more for your reception (AM or FM) than a fancy tuner. NO tuner can > overcome the limitations of a poor antenna. An excellent antenna can > put most tuners (after said parameters are met) on a near-as-much-as- > matters equal footing. NO tuner will correct bad information coming > in. Good antennas are cheaper than excellent tuners, however not every > location will permit a good antenna. So there is always a reason to > search for the very best tuner one can afford as long as the > limitations are fully understood. This idea is not entirely true with regards to tuners. One problem that a tuner with specs beyond those of "some pretty basic parameters" can correct, that the best antenna can't correct is the reception of distant stations with strong local adjacent channel stations on the same compass heading. Another problem that "some pretty basic parameters" are not likely protect against are 3rd order RF IM problems in the front end of the tuner which make reception of certain distant stations impossible, a better antenna often makes matters worse in this situation. Regards, John Byrns -- Surf my web pages at, http://fmamradios.com/
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