Posted: 11/26/2009 1:38:50 PM EDT
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I need an AM radio for my desk at work. I listen to a lot of talk radio when I'm actually at my desk.
So any suggestions for a good AM radio? |
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Boston Acoustics makes a nice one, Sony makes a nice one, Bose makes an overpriced piece of shit. Some other ideas here: http://www.google.com/products?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS338&q=best+tabletop+radios&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=2wQPS_6MB8W0tgfOyaytCQ&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&ct=image&resnum=4&ved=0CCAQzAMwAw If the link doesn't work, just Google "best tabletop radios". CJ |
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http://www.jr.com/sony/pe/SON_ICF38/#productTabReviews
kinda new at hotlinkin but hit the high lighted portion. I asked on another board the same questions –– I was looking at grundig rshortwave/am/fm's and someone gave a link for this suposedly great value for the buck |
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I just got one of these a couple of weeks ago and it's GREAT.
http://www.ccrane.com/radios/am-fm-radios/ccradio-2.aspx Especially the AM. I'm in a real rural area and the AM signal is like the tower is next door. |
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CCRadio is a good choice, an older analog option is the GE SuperRadio III(this is the one that I keep next to my bed to listen to Coast to Coast). By far, the best AM reception I ever got, was from a 70's JC Penney LP/8-track stereo. An incredible tuner with much more precise tuning control than other analogs, good sound out of REAL speakers, and a terminal on the back for an antenna. When I was a kid I hooked up a few hundred feet of wire in the attic and listened to trucker stations in TN and elsewhere. What a shame that there are no true clear channel stations anymore, I can barely listen to stuff 2 states away now. |
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ccradio or, just go to www.radiotime.com, you can listen to most talk radio nationwide for free :) CCRadio. Nothing better. I am an AM freak, and an electrical engineer. Right Here. |
 Yes, it will cover the AM radio band. And with receiver performance that is second to nothing on this earth. Price for this model series is 5 to 11 thousand dollars, depending on which model and options you select. But seriously, in order to make a better choice, you should define what qualities are most important to you. Do you want best quality audio or do you want the best quality receiver performance? CJ |
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does AM ever come in better than just static? Given a good radio and a good antenna - Yes. Before the days of FM radio, many AM radios were capable of delivering "high-fidelity" sound, thanks to careful circuit design. From Tuner Info Center: Typical specs and performance would be a frequency response of 20 to 8000 Hz (or wider with whistle filtering bypassed), with 0.5% distortion and a signal-to-noise ratio of about 45 to 50 dB. Most of these tuners come from the 1958-to-1961 era and include such notable sets as the Fisher 800C receiver, the McIntosh MR 66, the Scott 330 and 331, and several Heathkit and Sherwood models. Other sets from just before or just after this period had similar AM section properties, but without the fully independent tuner sections. For our purposes these would be equally desirable and would include the Mac MR 55, and the Fisher AM80 and FM90T variations. In fact, just about any AM/FM tuner from this era with 3-gang tuning and at least two positions of AM bandwidth is worth a try, and likely to give better AM performance than a lot of modern sets.
Even as late as the 1970's, "hi-fi" AM radios were popular in some remote parts of the world where extreme distances made FM broadcasting impractical (e.g., some parts of Australia). Unfortunately, most modern radios have the AM section thrown in as an afterthought. |
Have you thought about going "Old School"?
http://www.oldradiozone.com/Z_10S130.html 
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