In article , Keith G
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"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Keith G
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"Jim Lesurf" wrote


It may well be time for a 'new' tuner and/or a high-gain antenna on the
roof. However I am not certain, given the nature of the problems, how
much
these will help. So I suppose I should also consider using either a
Freeview box or some form of satellite RX.


I don't seek to offer 'advice' here, but I would just mention that the
recent *much blogged* installation of a 4 element FM aerial here has ended
up with me ripping it off and using the mast and wiring for a TV aerial to
get a 'digital' signal strength on my PVRs that sticks out the side of the
TV screen! (I can see the top 2/3 lights of the Sandy Heath transmitter
from
the top of my front path of an evening....)

Something very wrong there then Keith. Perhaps it was that cable join in
the gutter!..


There is no cable join, it is one piece from the aerial to the appliance...

Sure about that, seemed to be joined on that piccy you showed me?..




Whether or not is was the downside of have an ultra-clear system I don't
know, but there was just too much going on with FM - roaring, distant
tweedling noises (birdy whistle?) and announcers clearly sounding like
they
were in little cubicles!! As has been said elsewhere, the sound quality of
FM during the day wasn't much to shout about either!

Something else rather up the creek, don't have those sorta problems
here. They do have the announcers in smallish rooms tho!..


It's not so obvious on the Tannoys....



But then, my *best* radio listening is done in the garage in the
afternoons
(R3 Evensong, for example) on a crap-covered Roberts FM radio!

Thats why they compress a bit


Ironic, coming from a *vinylist* isn't it?

Yep..


Almost as ironic as someone who prefers 'digital' to Vinyl but prefers FM to
'digital'....

FM is better digital. The stupid thing is that its carried around
digitally but then analogue modulated.

But its a better type of digital!..

;-)







--
Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote


Something very wrong there then Keith. Perhaps it was that cable join in
the gutter!..


There is no cable join, it is one piece from the aerial to the
appliance...

Sure about that, seemed to be joined on that piccy you showed me?..


Yes, the cable joint was put right on the second or third visit (don't
remember now). The second guy was leaving the outfit and was quite eager to
slag the first guy off and *put right* his handiwork. There is no joint
now - more's the pity, the RGB input (having swapped to a TV aerial) from
the PVR and digibox on each of two small tellies is positively *florid*!!


FM is better digital. The stupid thing is that its carried around
digitally but then analogue modulated.

But its a better type of digital!..


So is a 'digitally mastered' LP....!!

;-)

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Keith G
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FWIW, I have to say I don't detect a massive difference between FV and DAB
R3, other than a significant jump in loudness which makes comparisons
difficult.

Well something very amiss there then!...

(So I don't bother to compare them much....!! ;-)


OK. Swim just walked in so I got her to compare (it's 2 adjacent buttons on
the zapper but I have to correct the volume difference each time) - she
picked the Freeview straight away and stuck with it for three swaps. 'Better
balanced' was the comment.

(All I can tell is the hiss on each one seems slightly different pitch and
there's a definite *whump, whump, whump* on the Freeview at high volume, but
I suspect notta lotta people know dat.... ;-)

"Keith G" wrote in message
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"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Keith G
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FWIW, I have to say I don't detect a massive difference between FV and
DAB
R3, other than a significant jump in loudness which makes comparisons
difficult.

Well something very amiss there then!...

(So I don't bother to compare them much....!! ;-)


OK. Swim just walked in so I got her to compare (it's 2 adjacent buttons
on the zapper but I have to correct the volume difference each time) - she
picked the Freeview straight away and stuck with it for three swaps.
'Better balanced' was the comment.


Actually she described them both as a *cracking* sound....????

(Trust me, it's the speakers...!! ;-)