Re: [IRCA] Radio Needs to Serve Listeners...Not Wall Street

["Bob Young" <youngbob53@xxxxxxx>]

> David,
>
> I remember well visiting a fellow IRCAer, Mike Northan in Portland (You
> may remember the name from the 60s/70s). Anyway, he had KEX on his
> stereo and  Bill Block and I thought Mike had an FM station on. The
> quality was that good. So AM can sound as good as FM if done right
> without IBOC. The problem is with the cheap radios. There is little
> quality in most of them.
>
> Patrick Martin
> Seaside  OR
> KAVT Reception Manager
>
>
> I agree 100%, I've heard some good wideband receivers that sounded richer, 
> better and more natural that FM. Many people including yours truly think 
> that analog sounds better than digital. Digital sound is a composite of 
> the signal and analog is the whole signal. AM sounds bad because of the 
> receivers out there. It sounds better than FM with a good wideband 
> receiver. I'll take a good analog record over a CD any day, much more 
> realistic sounding. Incidentally Hammarland SP-600's are supposed to sound 
> really good with their wide selectivity position which I think is 12 kHz.

Bob Young
Millbury, Ma
Hammarlund HQ-180C 4' loop/400' LW 
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