Internet has a huge potential given the advent of 5G services but free-to-air radio still has the advantage of being heard by potentially an infinite number of listeners. FM Radio sets have gotten so much better in such a short space of time. Its now not uncommon to be able to purchase a cheap radio and be able to tune FM signals from over 100 miles away. I thought long distance listening on the Medium-Wave band might die along with listening on Shortwave but this doesn't seem to be the case and if anything the Internet has helped mature the hobby given the fact that more information is available concerning those great radio sets which are available today. Would I advise anyone to go and buy one of those GE Super Radio sets from 30 years ago? No I would not as good a set as they are and really there is no need to get a set of that vintage unless you are a collector as I am. Why purchase a GE Super radio when you can buy something like a CCrane 2E or Ccrane EP Pro, both these sets smoke the older Super Radio and so they should given the changes in technology and better antenna which have come along in 30 years. The Sangean PRD-17 - subject of this discussion - is a testament to how good radio has become for listening.
-----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2019 4:08 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired Dane: I understand what you're saying in regard to how what you hear over the air is different than what you hear over the internet! Not all stations are this way; WSM (in Nashville, Tennessee U.S.A.) as much as I've been able to determine, is exactly the same on the internet as it is if you listen to AM 650! But yes...there is something kind of special (and I can't explain it) but if you can get a far-off station to come in good on a bonified radio that is kind of unique! Having said that, I do enjoy being able to listen to a station that is out of my area without having to contend with the station fading out! I still can remember how it used to be, trying to listen to the Grand Ole Opry back in the day; a song would be playing and...just at the part where maybe a good instrumental solo was coming up, WSM would start fading away to the point where you couldn't really hear it! Of course nowadays, every now and again, you do get a situation where (if you're listening on your computer or smart speaker) the connection drops; this is also a pain! Fortunately (at least in my case) this doesn't happen all that often! In regard to this San Gian radio: I might be tempted to check it out further if it had the capability to get HD! I bought a San Gian radio a couple of years ago (don't remember the exact model number) is a nice radio and does get HD, but isn't quite as good as I thought it was going to be! While it has wonderful selectivity, to me it tends to be a little noisy on AM! On FM, if a station isn't really that close, sometimes the stations will sound fuzzy or sort of like it is "miss tuned!" Tom Kaufman -----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io [mailto:all-audio@groups.io] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 1:31 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired A couple of things here. Often these days - particularly it seems with broadcasters from the US - the Internet Streams and free-to-air broadcasting are two completely different things. Listen to say KNX or WINS and what you get over the Internet is quite different than what you'll hear from the Medium-Wave transmitter. Next - as a DX Listener - I find Internet radio to be rather an insult. That is anyone can listen to Internet streams and that's convenient without a doubt. But their can be no doubt that the fun and the challenge from a DXer's point of view is to be able to listen to that far off station and furthermore be able to report the fact - in both written detail and literal sound - to the station itself. I have managed to listen to KNX in the US from Australia a number of times on the radio long before Internet was even thought of for this sort of thing. -----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of - Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2019 2:57 AM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually Impaired I have few to none problems listening to radio worldwide on my smartspeaker. It is also a fraction of the cost of an intrnet or standard radio. On Sat, 17 Aug 2019, Dane Trethowan wrote: > That's the theory about Smart Speakers yes however they don't always > do what you tell them to do. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of - > Sent: Friday, 16 August 2019 11:07 PM > To: all-audio@groups.io > Subject: Re: [all-audio] Sangean PR-D17 AM/FM Radio for the Visually > Impaired > > > Even internet radios have been passed by. Smart speakers will stream > all internet radio sources, including those worldwide, all by voice command. > > And they have many other sources of audio info including thousands of > podcasts and the cable and other news sources. > > On Thu, 15 Aug 2019, Gary Schindler wrote: > > > That is why Sangean should concentrate on designing an internet > > radio with > talking menus. > > > > > > Once you have used a Sangean radio you get familiar with the > > nomenclature and how to operate them and to me there isn't much > > advantage > to having one of these! > > > > > > It is commendable that Sangean does for now build something with > accessibility in mind. > > > > > > On 8/15/2019 2:46 PM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > > Hi! Actually not want to disrespect people here but i don???t get > > > the Am/fm radio thing anymore. I have a harman/kardon receiver > > > here but i very very seldom use the radio in that receiver. Maybe > > > i am boring or stupid or something but why not just listen via internet. > > > /A > > > > > >> 13 aug. 2019 kl. 22:54 skrev Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net>: > > >> > > >> Now this radio may be well worthwhile grabbing. > > >> > > >> https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-pr-d7-am-fm-radio-for-the-visua > > >> ll > > >> y-impaire d/ > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- XB > > > > > > > > -- XB -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#2735): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/2735 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/32857178/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
