The symptoms described in the original description of the boom-box which was at the centre of this discussion would indicate to me that the digital radio circuit was cheaply made and just... well... just included in the unit as an afterthought.
The digital tuner in the Panasonic RX-ED50 boom-box which I referred to a few days ago (which I have one of) has as good a sensitivity as any! analog radio, its the most sensitive digital tuner I've yet found in a boom-box and the band is farely wide too, Panasonic have really done their homework on this little beauty.
Yeah! the RX-ED50 ain't the cheapest boom-box around, costing $329.00 RRP (Australian) but (once again!) you get what you pay for.
Now if anyone still doubts the sensitivity of digital radios, then take a look at the Ccrane or Outback radio and be prepared to be blown away.
At 12:14 PM 11/7/2004, you wrote:
Dear Terri,
I can't help much when it comes to brand names, but it seems to me that analogue tuning is superior to digital, particularly when it comes to a.m. radio. I found a cassette deck, radio combination at a junk shop. It was made in the early 70s, and it doesn't record properly, but it picks up a.m. radio like you wouldn't believe. It cost $10, Canadian, and was worth it just for that. My sony stereo - digital - can't pick up an a.m. station to save its life.
Cris Hall
At 08:08 AM 06/11/2004, you wrote:Hello everyone, First of all, I'd like to say thank you for your thoughts so far, on this situation. Now I have a couple more questions. If I purchase a different boombox, than the Sony I bought, is it likely that I'll run into the same problem I have with this one? I want to be able to pick up NPR without getting that Christian station bleeding in. Like I said, I never had this problem with my analog boombox. Also, how exactly does digital tuning work? And how is it different from analog tuning?
I was able to find two boomboxes on the Circuit City website, that use analog tuning. However, they are made by brands that I'm not familiar with. I don't want to buy one of them, to just have to replace it a few months later, because it wasn't that good. One was made by Nexxtech. And I believe the other one was made by ESA, but I'm not sure if I'm remembering that exactly right or not. Has anyone ever heard of either of these brands? If so, do you know how good their stuff is, or isn't? Thank you, Terri
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