Quoted:
Quoted: No one yet makes what I want: a modern, digital, stereo component HD Radio tuner. I already have far better amps and speakers, I just need the damn radio. Oh, and the stupid thing should NOT cost more than $100.
-Troy |
Couldn't you get something like one of those Wifi streaming thingamajigs and hook it up to your stereo? |
Already have a Media Center PC connected to my stereo.
Anyway, I did some research on HD Radio, and it's a big mess, which explains why it's been so slow in coming (it's technically been around since 2002). The FedGov gave one company, iBiquity, exclusive rights to make the digital chipset for the radios, and the chipset alone costs $50, uses tons of power (making portable devices impractical right now), and all of the current radios have horrible tuners.
By all accounts, WHEN you get a good enough signal to lock into the HD carrier, the radio sounds great, but there are just too many problems with the way it's being rolled out and, in particular, how the dumbasses who own all the radio stations are using it. Of course, it's these same idiots that have put themselves nearly out of business by making their stations irrelevant. Who'da thunk that you needed your station to have some LOCAL air talent and LOCAL programming, instead of doing everything from San Antonio?
I used to really like radio...
-Troy