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Why get an expensive tuner?Am I missing something?

Maybe I'm missing something and need to be educated so please correct me if I'm wrong, or agree if I'm right. But how much sense does it make to spend a lot of $$$ on a tuner when the source is of lower to questionable quality? Isn't that sorta like having a cheap cd player (i.e. the source and the mode of transmission) and then everything downstream being of better quality? The sound can only sound as good as the source and for some reason I don't think radio stations shell out a lot of money to broadcast a high-end signal.
What do you think?
Happy Listening!
myraj

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unsound
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While rare, there are some good quality broadcasts available. A good tuner can avail you to a multitude of quality music you might other wise never know about. While I would love to own a really top notch tuner for the above reason, there are some bargains out there. Don't completely cheap out here. If your tuner sounds bad, you won't use it.
Think of all you might miss. Antenas are as important as tuners, especially re: tweaking for best results. Unfortunately a little bit of luck as far as your location, goes a long way re: both available broadcasts and reception quality.
unsound
7,352 posts
 
Yes it's "narrower than 20-20" but so are most analog and in practice many digital sources. Most of us don't really hear beyond 15k anyway. Very little music exists beyond 15k either. A major slice of otherwise unavailable music is better than none. Go ahead, audition a good tuner, you might be in for a pleasent surprise.
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