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In Reply to: How about excellent FM from anywhere in the World for $275? posted by Bambi B on September 11, 2006 at 20:23:52:
Your pardon on the typo corrections, M'Lady - it's a strange compulsion I have sometimes. Was it Emerson that said something to the effect that there was no greater urge than that to rewrite another's manuscript?You're definitely intrigued my interest here. You have a tuner of the sort I dream about, yet you're considering abandoning the technology. Perhaps with good reason, too - 'twill do you no good to have a marvelous piece of equipment that's designed to receive a signal that is no longer produced with any degree of faithfulness. Even the public radio station in Collegeville, MN has gone digital, much to my chagrin. The one in Couderay (on the Ojibwe reservation) may still be analog, but perhaps not, since they do offer streaming audio. They have a wonderful program on Friday nights called Eclectamania (that lady DJ is nuts!), and it's partially that kind of thing that had me contemplating a tower/antenna setup. WOJB is about 130 miles east or so...just about at the limit of a good tower/antenna's reception capability. If I can have it all from the Net, however, a whole new world becomes available. Tell me - how does the sound compare to the Mac with most radio stations? I know that with the right signal the Mac will blow nearly everything else out of the water, so to speak, but as you've pointed out, the "software" may not even exist anymore.
Is this the kind of USB DAC you're referring to?
http://www.stereo-link.com/cart/home.php?xid=a3ef604dbe7938206afb6d8c5734b395I expect to finally graduate in December (overage college student here - the old guy with a beard that isn't teaching the class), so hopefully I'll have a little disposable income to put into audio after a long drought. Epistemology is a trip...kind of like mentally chasing one's tail.
Thanks for the information. If I have further questions, do you mind if I drop you an e-mail?
Be well,
Todd
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- Re: How about excellent FM from anywhere in the World for $275? - Todd A. 08:25:44 09/12/06 (2)
- Re: How about excellent FM from anywhere in the World for $275? - Bambi B 09:24:31 09/12/06 (1)
- Okay... - Todd A. 13:28:07 09/12/06 (0)