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I met someone who owns at least eight HD radios!

I had 6 but gave one to a friend.
 
Looks like someone stocked up on Sony HD radios for DXing. I wish I would have bought more, its the only piece of electronics that has ever risen in value over time.
 
I counted seven radios plus one TV or video monitor on the upper left.
 
I see only 5 HD radios, 2 HD tuners, and the Sharp TV or monitor. Whatever is underneath the 4 Sony radios, it's hard to tell.
 
There are 8. 7 in the picture, plus the Insignia portable not pictured.

Despite having so many HD radios, he wishes HD radio would go away.
 
OK, I'm corn-fused. ??? If he has so many HD Radios, why does he wish the system would go away??

I have one HD Radio. After experimenting with my Insignia, it's been in a drawer for a year.
 
Savage said:
OK, I'm corn-fused. ??? If he has so many HD Radios, why does he wish the system would go away??

I have one HD Radio. After experimenting with my Insignia, it's been in a drawer for a year.
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He's a DXer. No one would own all those HD radios just to listen to local HD stations
 
I'm guessing that this person has several FM or FM/TV yagi antennas above his house. If so, then it may makes sense to have that many radios in his shack.
 
Running six HD radio's would make it faster to switch between your favorite HD stations since they would already be locked in
 
There it is! The solution to the problem of "generating HD Radio sales!" All the industry has to do, is convince the estimated 13,000 happy-ish daily users of HD (in the world) to buy FIVE MORE EACH! :D

"it's time to UPGRADE! Buy the six-pack and enjoy UNINTERRUPTED HD magic! Just be sure to have 'em ALL ON AT ONCE."

("Except for HD-AM. In that case, even with 6, you're still screwed....." ::))
 
I almost have more HD radios than I can count. I like to have one every where I am and in every room since the only radio stations I listen to are HD 2 or 3 classical stations like WUIS 91.9 HD 2 and WILL 90.9 HD 2 at home. If I take a trip to Saint Louis that also requires HD sub channels to listen to classical music on KWMU 90.7 HD 3 and KIHT 96.3 HD 2. I love HD radio and never listen to analog FM. I threw away or sold any radios I had that were not HD.

So at home in an apartment I have 1 Sony XDR-F1HD in the living room that I use every day. It is connected to a Sherwood HD receiver for $100 to power floor speakers. I do not use the tuner in the Sherwood because it a terrible tuner and has trouble with WILL HD2 which is 60 miles away although the HD 2 from local WUIS does work good. The Sony picks up WILL HD 2 much better. I would l like to buy another Sony XDR-F1HD for the 2nd bedroom but the cost has kept me from doing so yet but I plan to this year. I wish I had bought more when the price was lower. I got it for $50 when they first came out and it was my first HD radio before their costs started going up which has kept me from buying any more. 2 insignia portables that I rarely use. I got them for taking walks outside. Plus another stopped working plus 2 of the insignia portable touch screens but I do not count those because I never liked them. I got 1 Insignia touch screens free and the other very cheap for like $10. 1 Teac HD in the master bedroom that I use almost everyday that is also used with an FM transmitter into the bathroom shower radio. I got it refurbished for $50 (I had another but it was refurbished also for $50 and it stopped working, and 1 Insignia NS-HDRAD for $50 that I rarely use but got for portability. So I have tried to not spend more than $50 for each because money is tight but HD is worth it.

I have HD radios in my car which is a Pioneer HD radio for $120, my mom's car and my wife's car are Visteons that I installed for $30 each. I used to have 2 portable JVC units instead but took them out because I did not like that they would not store HD sub-channels as pre-sets. So I have HD radio covered in every car I am in.

At my mom's house I have another 4 HD radios to listen to when I am there for classical WCBU HD 2. 1 Sony XDR-S10HDiP in the living room I got for $80 before the prices went crazy, 1 Insignia NS-BHDIPO1 that I do not like and rarely use is in an upstairs bedroom, 2 JVC car radios wired for home use that were originally in my car and my wife's car. 1 in the computer room connected to computer speakers and another in the kitchen dining room connected to an aiwa stereo system.
 
Nick said:
HD radio is really taking off! I saw someone who had at least 8 HD radios in his house. Yes, eight. 7 are tabletops, 1 is the portable HD radio, and he is getting yet another HD radio for his car. He owns more HD radios than the rest of his market.
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I know somebody who collects stamps. He has eight books filled with stamps in his house. Snail mail is really taking off.
 
FredLeonard said:
Nick said:
HD radio is really taking off! I saw someone who had at least 8 HD radios in his house. Yes, eight. 7 are tabletops, 1 is the portable HD radio, and he is getting yet another HD radio for his car. He owns more HD radios than the rest of his market.
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I know somebody who collects stamps. He has eight books filled with stamps in his house. Snail mail is really taking off.
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As long as Houston analog and HD-1 continues to suck, I will keep buying HD radios. But - I suspect that HD-2 is exclusively the home of formats stations want to kill off. They tell callers complaining about their main format - "but we do what you want on HD-2, all you need to do is buy an HD radio". So HD radio is taking off all right. Among very small groups of listeners to niche formats like oldies, smooth jazz, indie rock, and other formats deemed not cool enough for mainstream radio. If the station owners are right, these are very small demographic groups that likes these formats, and HD radio will die catering to the whims of a few "oddballs" and "misfits" who dare to like something other than the wonder mass appeal formats like top-40, anything Spanish language, talk, sports, country, hip-hop. We should all be so grateful there are ten stations in each market covering those formats, and conform our musical tastes to like those formats for 35 minutes each hour, punctuated with helpful, entertaining commercials the other 25 minutes of each hour. Isn't it nice we don't have to listen to those inexperienced local DJ's any more - we have access to national DJ's who can skillfully craft a show that unifies the nation by giving everybody a uniform radio experience - free from mistakes and boring references to anything local. Radio is so wonderful now that it is profitable, has weeded out niche formats, doesn't do anything that would offend anybody, is safe from lawsuits, and provides such a quality controlled product that appeals to the widest possible range of people in the acceptable 12 to 50 year old demographic group. Those oddballs? We got 'em on the run, marginalized, and shut up by shifting them to HD-2.
 
There should be an FM DX talk station on an HD2. That will appeal to the HD radio owners.

Oh, and I forgot to mention that the person I was talking about actually had another HD radio (so make that 9 total): an Accurian HD radio he uses as speakers for the other Sony and Sangean HD radios. He doesn't like the Accurian's tuner, so he just uses it for its speakers. Now who would purchase an HD radio, just to listen to the audio from another HD radio through it!

It's just about guaranteed that his HD radios will last longer than HD radio itself.
 
Give the Kewpie doll to Fred!! :D :D Great post! Yeah, for years I was a collector of Edison phonographs and cylinders, too! Blue Amberol 4-minute records = The Wave Of The Future. ::)
 
I would guess somebody is stockpiling them for later sale on eBay to HD enthusiasts who can't find radios.
 
Folks who want certain genres of music that are out of favor with the general public, i.e. classical, bluegrass, show tunes, gospel reggae (ok, I made that up), smooth jazz (or jazz of any flavor, for that matter) are missing a few very important points: 1) These music formats do not have the critical mass necessary for success on the radio. The fact that they still survive on some fringe outlets -- like HD subchannels (usually with analog translators) -- is not an attempt to kill them, but a feeble attempt to keep the faint, flickering flame of HD Radio from dying until better days (which are just around the corner) arrive. Ain't gonna happen. 2) Radio isn't just about the music. Radio's true value lies in the rest of the programming. Stations that play music need to do it well, because a poorly done music format can certainly be a losing card, but music is never a winning card. "I can play an Aerosmith song better than you!" -- I don't think so. Which brings me to 3) For folks who only want MUSIC, not RADIO, today's technology presents so many fine ways to satisfy that I can't understand why anyone who needs to hear endless classical, bluegrass, etc. wouldn't arm himself with a mind-boggling library on an iPod/iPhone and a few good Bluetooth devices and have at it. Sure would beat chasing around after a few trashy HDx signals on trashy HD radios. Disclaimer: I do enjoy classical and bluegrass on occasion -- show tunes and jazz, not so much. :)
 
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