"Richard Steinfeld" wrote in message
...

The most awesome way that I know of to record off the air is with a Video
Cassette Recorder (hi-fi, stereo).
....
The fidelity is outstanding, just a couple of dB short of the Compact
Disk's S-N ratio. In my experience, the FM station does not exist that
comes anywhere near transmitting this dynamic range.

Very practical. But there is fairly heavy companding applied to hide the
head switching noise so I suspect they might not be that good for some type
of material, for example high quality piano music. And the only way to edit
is to transfer to another medium.

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Tony W
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