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Eric F. Richards wrote:
In the brief period of broadcast stereo before FM multiplex stereo, often one channel is carried on AM and the other on FM. I borrowed one of those receivers in my college days and the AM performance was astounding. Brenda Ann is right: Most AM receiver designs today simply ignore fidelity as an issue. True enough - any "American Five" of the 1950's gave better AM performance than the AM tuner in any modern stereo receiver, for example. But the industry as a whole just didn't invest the time or effort in making AM as good a broadcast medium as FM, and there was certainly no consumer demand for it, either - or at least not enough to make a difference. When CD's came in, I was astonished at how quickly they swept away vinyl - even quicker than the most optimistic projections. The consumer market loved them, and that was that. AM stereo was one of those things that simply didn't "catch on", and as I said, largely (if not completely) because it was seen, understandably as "reinventing the wheel". Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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