David Eduardo wrote:
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:08:22 GMT, "David Eduardo"
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:30:15 -0400, Rich Wood
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On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 02:07:06 GMT, David wrote:


I thought AM IBOC sounded more like a vaccum cleaner.

Are you suggesting it sucks?

Rich


I'm a Leonard Kahn fan.

Oh, the guy who killed AM radio?

The phase-lock-loop digital tuner did in AM radio. It sounds like
**** when perfectly tuned in.


When Leonard sued and stopped AM stereo, AM still had over 50% of the
audience. By the time the legal issues were solved, AM had half that and
could never recover. Analog AM stereo, in the late 70's, could have helped
keep the balance between AM and FM. The legal machinations stopped this.




Horse hockey. I'm not saying Leonard's suit didn't hamper the
reality of AM stereo, but if it had become a mainstream thing, "stereo
lo-fi" would have never held it's own against "stereo hi-fi" (FM).
Especially when the FM stations went to virtually ALL types of
programming during the seventies. Prior to that, FM was classical,
alternative (including what was known as "AOR") and as a vanguard,
country.

Nobody loves good old AM radio like I do, but there is no accident
to the fact that AM radio today is very largely 24 hour news, sports,
and talk radio formats. That had a whole lot more to do with changing
technology than it did with Leonard Kahn. Classical music will always
sound tremendously better on FM than AM because of the frequency
bandwith. Classical music (as one example) in AM stereo will sound like
stereo AM radio broadcast of classical music. A pale imitation of
stereo FM broadcast of classical music.

Tony

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