![]() ![]() A highly sensitive tuner with a plastic dipole will not perform as well as a less sensitive tuner with a high gain, directional antenna mounted on a rotor. It is easily said any tuner is only as good as the antenna you provide. However, above everything else you choose in a tuner, the antenna is the most important part of any tuner. Some tuners are designed for higher sensitivity which will be great for pulling in distant channels while other tuners are better at discriminating between adjacent channels on a crowded dial, something a highly sensitive tuner could have problems doing. Your location and proximity to the stations you wish to pull in are what determine which tuner you should own. I sincerely hope that they continue to keep high standards when it comes to their analog broadcast. ![]() One of my favorite stations just started broadcasting in HD radio. Near CD quality? There are those of us who are striving to surpass the quality of CD and even others that believe the term "CD quality" is in itself an oxymoron. The really sad thing is that with HD radio and it's "near CD quality" the standards of radio are about to sink even lower. It's just another example of the dumbing down of our society to the lowest common denominator. People adopted them because of the conveniences that they offered over analog tuners but for shear sound quality nothing beats analog. So how did the digital tuners get their foot hold in the market place if they aren't as good? The mass-market manufactures pushed digital tuners because they were cheaper to manufacture and required less warranty service. Synthesized tuners jump in discrete steps of at least 25kHz, precluding the precise degree of fine-tuning possible with an infinitely variable analog tuner." Why are analog tuner better? Here is a quote from Robert Harley's "Complete Guide to High-end Audio." "Analog tuners have lower noise, and also allow fine-tuning to find the center of a station. Most current tuners are what could accurately be described as quartz lock loop (most people call these, "digital tuners.)Īnalog tuners are far superior to digital tuners. From what I know about tuners they are the only Variac based non-quartz lock loop tuners (many people call these tuners "analog tuners" which is a bit confusing) on the market today. I've used both extensively and I prefer the Magnum Dynalab because of the tuning knob can be used to really dial in the desired station perfectly. The Fanfare products do have presets, the MD's do not. ![]() Nearly everyone will agree that the best two tuners in the world are the products from Fanfare and Magnum Dynalab. WXRT and WDRV sound pretty good too (for commercial radio.) Those are absolutely jaw dropping with a great tuner. Occasionally they have live from the studio broadcasts. If you live in or near Chicago and you love classical music WFMT has a pristine signal. ![]()
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