I forgot to mention that living in a small apartment here in Boulder, still all I need is a decent indoor FM antenna. I am using a Godar fm indoor antenna-actually hooked up to both my McIntosh MR74 and Day/Sequerra FM tuner. It is right next to my chair and I only have to move it around a little to get 88.5 KGNU, 90.3 KUVO and rock ststions 103.5 and 106.7. Actually I can get very good reception using a long video cable as an antenna. So great FM radio reception is a necessity-it depends mainly where you live. Much like TV reception before satellite and cable even were around.
FM alive and well here...curious question
SoCal listener here.
Last night, the Classical station finished their listeners top 100 with Ludwig B's 9th.
I got sucked in listening to the end of the 4th movement. I can't remember what conductor/orchestra, but fantastic performance.
My Mac 71 with a $20 indoor antennae is able to get a signal strength reading just over "8" with dead center tuning according the meter.
Ludwig B was sounding clear,quite and simply fabulous.
Im aware a "real" roof antennae is the way to go. Wondering if the effort to get a "10" reading on the tuning meter will actually be heard as even better sonics?
Just for kicks, I spun a few minutes of a minty 59' Living Stereo to compare.
WOW! The record naturally wins, but my beloved Mac isn't far off. Considering the broadcast was a CD, it was reasonably convincing. It certainly was just as good as my generic CD deck(no fancy outboard DAC)
My 71 is stock, tuned with NOS glass. I'd love to hand over $ 1K for the RM mod, but ain't gonna happen.
LONG LIVE FM! Hopefully?
Last night, the Classical station finished their listeners top 100 with Ludwig B's 9th.
I got sucked in listening to the end of the 4th movement. I can't remember what conductor/orchestra, but fantastic performance.
My Mac 71 with a $20 indoor antennae is able to get a signal strength reading just over "8" with dead center tuning according the meter.
Ludwig B was sounding clear,quite and simply fabulous.
Im aware a "real" roof antennae is the way to go. Wondering if the effort to get a "10" reading on the tuning meter will actually be heard as even better sonics?
Just for kicks, I spun a few minutes of a minty 59' Living Stereo to compare.
WOW! The record naturally wins, but my beloved Mac isn't far off. Considering the broadcast was a CD, it was reasonably convincing. It certainly was just as good as my generic CD deck(no fancy outboard DAC)
My 71 is stock, tuned with NOS glass. I'd love to hand over $ 1K for the RM mod, but ain't gonna happen.
LONG LIVE FM! Hopefully?
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