tablejockey
In a word: No. It's not even close.
is the sound quality of playing an online statin equal to a nice tuner?
In a word: No. It's not even close.
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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schubert Seems OK to me, WI public radio puts out an uncompressed signalThere’s no such thing as a real radio station that transmits an uncompressed signal. They all have signal processors in the audio chain, either before the STL, or before the transmitter, or both. They have to; they’re not allowed to overmodulate. Of course, if you're happy with listening to the digitized signal online, that's fine. But typically, it's hardly the audio equivalent of a good FM signal ... even when the source is digital. |
"In a word: No. It's not even close." cleeds- "good sound" of course is subjective, but I can't imagine anything beyond lofi, if one doesn't have a decent soundcard in their pc? A reasonably fast, clean internet connection is commonplace now, but a standard pc typically has a mini jack audio out, so clearly one needs to invest in additional hardware? I have limited knowledge on this subject of "online broadcast" and it's potential plugging it into a stereo rig. If you are fortunate to live in an area with signals, seems a tuner is still a good thing for passive listening. Our public stations aren't the greatest to everyone, but I certainly enjoy them. The commercial rock stations-well, garbage for the most part, but a few bright spots if you look for them-anyone listen to Steve Jones(former Sex Pistol) 2 hour program? Fantastic, almost a throwback to a 70's listening experience. Once in awhile, a really cool musician from the 60s/70's chatting with Steve, sharing insight about the "scene" I missed being born a decade or so too late. |
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