Hi every one. Does anyone here have the MP3s of Michael Lang's reviews?
For as you all know he saddly is gone. Thus his site is gone. I'd
especially like to get the PTR1 review again. But if anyone still has
them all I'd be glad to have'm. His reviews were way cool. He was 1 cool
dude. Thanks.
On 12/21/2016 12:17 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Hi!
I've spoken to a friend of mine who now has one of these radios and
can provide the following information and I hope to be able to link to
a review of the radio shortly.
The Sangean HDR16 is - as far as we know - the only portable HD radio
set available in the US and - by all accounts - its a true bargain to
be had for under $100.
there are many things I like about the company Sangean, one of which
is their desire to use standard type cabinets across the range of
radios they sell. This means that - if you've ever seen a Sangean
PDR15 or DPR26 - then you'll know exactly what the HDR16 portable HD
radio looks like as they all use the same cabinet.
The HDR16 is a stereo receiver with 2 2.5 ench speakers either side of
the control panel - quite a standard layout for a Sangean portable one
could say -.
Don't let the size of the speakers put you off, they sound remarkably
good.
On the left hand side of the unit is a range of connections which
include headphones, line-in and line-out.
The HDR16 has both FM and AM HD bands.
I'm told that when you tune to an AM broadcast the HD locks in
automatically so you've no idea what the standard analogue AM signal
sounds like if that station is broadcasting in HD, the set just locks
on and that's it.
The tuning is incredibly selective - scan 10KHZ either side of the
station and you've no idea the station is there -, nice filtering.
If you tune to a standard AM signal the set sounds reasonable, no band
width filter unfortunately.
The HDR16 is incredibly senstive on the AM band but no surprises there
as most Sangean radio sets these days are.
HD on the FM band is superb apparently though there's another qwirk
with the radio that one has to get used to.
When you tune to HD FM broadcast the radio plays the standard FM
broadcast signal for around 5 seconds before locking onto the HD signal.
When the radio has locked on the jog dial can be used to select the
extra HD stations pertaining to the main FM broadcast.
The FM band's sensitivity and selectivity is very good but again, no
surprises there as its a Sangean set after all.
So that's all I know thus far and I envy Tom who has this radio
<smile>, I could get one too but unfortuantley it wouldn't be too
useful in Australia though at least the radio has sensitive AM and FM
even though I wouldn't be able to make full use of the HD portion.
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