Why do I get better FM reception in my car...


Hi everyone... I recently moved to an urban area and am currently using a Yamaha T-2 tuner with the plain vanilla wire antenna. I'm wondering why I can get better reception in my car parked curbside than in my apartment? I have tried both Godar and Dynalab antennas and the regular wire antenna worked better than both of these. The problem is that I can't get the station I want in my apartment.

Any insight or recommendation would be greatly appreciated. Unfortunately a roof-top antenna is not an option...

Thankg again!
mdp0430

Showing 1 response by zcbmadgjl80ab24

there are a couple of internet radio tuners.

roku soundbridge (three models)
http://www.rokulabs.com/products/soundbridge/index.php

and slimdevices squeezebox
http://www.slimdevices.com/

now internet radio, being compressed digital, is not going to sound great, but it should be good enough, particularly if you're satisfied with mp3s. more importantly, there's a lot more choice, particularly if you're into some really obscure music; like anything not played by clear channel.

fm radio can sound pretty good, but the available selection on the fm dial is so bad, well fm radio is becoming irrelevant. and i don't see the point in laying down a kilobuck just to listen to one or two radio stations.

i live in new york too, and what with there being only one and a half classical stations i just don't see the point in fm radio anymore.