It isn't a bad radio. The sensitivity is quite good.
I have a Marc 3 which is half the price of the Hd-R16 and it has an edge
on FM sensitivity and it fits in your over sized pants pocket.
On 8/17/2019 5:16 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
No, I don’t have a HDR16 but I do know someone who does and he has demonstrated
it often enough to me both via FaceTime and with recordings captured directly
from it.
No point me getting a HDR16 as we don’t have HD radio in Australia but Tom
would be the first to agree with you that the AM of the HDR16 could b e
improved.
The AM of the PR-d17 is improved of that of the HDR16 however the PDR-17
doesn’t have facilities to receive HD AM or FM.
On 18 Aug 2019, at 6:39 am, Gary Schindler <[email protected]> wrote:
You have the Hd-R16 like I do! The AM could be improved..
On 8/17/2019 2:08 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2019 1:31 PM
To: [email protected]
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: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of -
Sent: Sunday, 18 August 2019 2:57 AM
To: [email protected]
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: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of -
Sent: Friday, 16 August 2019 11:07 PM
To: [email protected]
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
<[email protected]>:
Now this radio may be well worthwhile grabbing.
https://radiojayallen.com/sangean-pr-d7-am-fm-radio-for-the-visua
ll
y-impaire d/
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