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Enjoying the Original Music Streaming Format - Analog FM Stereo

I am fortunate to live in an area where there are still some high quality FM Broadcast stations. I am also fortunate to have been gifted a near-mint, seldom used Luxman T-450 analog tuner (circa 1982.) Listening today to a broadcast of modern music on WDET, I was almost shocked by how fluid and dynamic the sound was. After so much digital streaming, much of it HD Flac, there is nothing like a well dialed in analog broadcast!

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mahler123
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I sometimes listen to WFMT in analog but it just doesn’t compare with the digital feed at 320 bps.  The analog feels like it has a hole in the motor the soundstage, even with the Magnum Dynalab tuner.

  I go to Detroit frequently and agree that WDET sounds great on my non digital car tuner 

mahler123
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Once your favorite Internet station goes to a decent bit rate it’s a lot more reliable than the analog FM signal which even with the best tuner and antenna can be kayoed by weather and interference from other sources in a large urban area.  And one can’t beat the range of Internet radio.  I am currently listening to Radio Venice, which no FM Tuner in Chicago is going to pull in

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