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In Reply to: RE: FM Broadcast vs Internet FM Radio posted by sony6060 on April 15, 2023 at 16:57:58

I have two college stations, one all jazz, the other all classical, 3 public stations two of which used to be college licenses that now cover news and other interests along with the main station that has a variety of music programming throughout the day and evening and a community station run by a non-profit. They all sound very good to superb. This is all in a smaller market in the inland northwest. What it takes is interest from the public and financial support. radioparadise.com offers a cd-quality stream and has an incredible curated selection by real djs and it sounds very good. But my local college jazz station kills it in sound quality though my accuphase t-1000 tuner and it isn't even close. Commercial fm has always sounded terrible, since the use of high compression is used to increase signal reach farther from the antenna has gone on for decades now. Hit the left end of the dial for the good sounding, non-commercial stations. That's where the magic is...

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RE: I disagree... - sony6060 06:14:24 05/28/23 (2)
PaulN, I do not have any college FM stations in my area, my post still stands.
- RE: I disagree... - sony6060 05:40:30 06/17/23 (1)
  Some locations have one or possibly two non-processed college FM broadcast stations. Internet has many 320mps stations. No brainer, FM broadcast is dead. $1000 vintage FM tuners are not worth $100 now IMO.
  
  Edits: 06/17/23
  - RE: I disagree... - fredtr 12:08:34 07/08/23 (0)
    I have a good DAC, but I listen to KBAQ over the air from Phoenix with a Scott 310e. KBAQ is a very good classical station, but I believe it is mainly the sound of the tuner that I like. There are aspects of lossless classical that I do like, but I still prefer the Scott tuner.
    
    Would I spend $1,000 for the Scott to listen to KBAQ? Absolutely. I went through about a dozen tuners before settling on the 310E. Some of the others, like the Accuphase I also believe is worth what they are currently going for. I know it doesn't make much sense, I think you would just have to hear it.

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