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New HD Car Stereo for $129

I used to own one—MY FIRST component TT! What a beautiful and high-performing piece of “hi-fi” equipment... It was made in the U.K. and one of the first “automatics” that didn’t stack, drop, and destroy records. I purchased mine at Allied Radio—before Radio Shanty took-over and disassembled them. I can’t remember Dual making “electronics” ala amplifiers or receivers—NOT until now, that is.

From vinyl playback perfection... To the Proctor-Silex of radios—now likely made in China...

“We interrupt this program for a news headline... Loyal Labrador Retriever dies of lead-poisoning and/or aural-induced derangement while on a ride in his owner’s auto – subjected to HD Radio.” :'(
 
The Dual looks like it may function. That Insignia thing looks DOA. The display alone looks like it would be lucky to make it a week.
 
This is excellent news for HD Radio lovers. One of the VALID criticisms has been that HD won't take off until it makes it into "popular-priced" devices.

Another has been that "People don't buy Radios, they buy devices WITH radios...HD has to make it into products that people would buy anyway." Enter the new Insignia shelf system at $149, which plays cd, mp3, wma, dvd, AM, FM, AND HD Radio. I'm feeling a lot more confident that HD is now entering the mainstream (slowly), by creeping into devices that people would buy anyway. Soon all those people who believe they "already have HD" will actually be right!
 
wgliradio said:
The Dual looks like it may function. That Insignia thing looks DOA. The display alone looks like it would be lucky to make it a week.
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Crutchfield seems to always have a Dual [or two] bringing up the rear as a low-end option to their dozens of Alpine, Pioneer, and Sony units in their mobile sound pages. Come to think of it—I can’t recall another retailer that features that line... A “quasi-house brand” possibly? Dual doesn’t appear to make a lot of noise in the CE industry [the output of its new HD radio aside] :D

If you’re Sony—you design, manufacture, and market a well-researched product under your own roof... If your Tivoli or C Crane—you perform TWO of those functions in-house; and find and find A REPUTABLE assembler willing to follow you’re your spec-sheet and fulfill your orders. “House brands” are typically NOT conceived within the house—they are simply purchased on the sometimes-dubious market and are labeled accordingly. Furthermore, they are often used as low-priced “doorbusters” and excuses to sell a far more-profitable post-warranty “service contract” [ask Clark Howard about the sanity of shelling out your hard-earned buckaroos for one of those]. I can guarantee that Breast Buy DOES NOT maintain IN-HOUSE R&D for its Insignia badge... In fact, an Insignia television, mobile receiver, and HD radio shelf system likely involve THREE different manufacturing venders.

Occasionally, one gets lucky and picks-up a genuine bargin; more-likely, he becomes the subject of “Super-Sale” bait ‘n switch. I know little about the Insignia HD radio shelf system EXCEPT: [1]: It was NOT consciously-conceived and added to the BB roster BECAUSE it featured HD [Remember... BB had that chance with several “name brand” HD Radios and remained “unenthusiastic” and borderline-incompetent at their display and sale]; and [2] IT WILL be offered at a price under its initial $149.95 tag—likely post-Thanksgiving for $99.95; so cool your jets, hold-out for a better deal, resist the bait ‘n switch, and when you turn it on—HOPE IT WORKS!

Mike Walker said:
I'm feeling a lot more confident that HD is now entering the mainstream (slowly), by creeping into devices that people would buy anyway. Soon all those people who believe they "already have HD" will actually be right!
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...And they may ONLY discover “they already have HD” WHEN [1]: they READ the owner’s manual—NEVER assume THAT always happens; and [2]: their stealthy HD radio actually locks onto a signal and presents them with the prerequisite aural excitement needed to peak interest in that feature. BOTH propositions are “iffy” at best!
 
The reception, audio performance, poor coverage and "iPod on shuffle" formats of most of the HD radio stations and poor quality products available can hardly reproduce high quality analog AM or FM stations faithfully, much less the "stunning difference of HD radio" claimed by the HD cartel and their supporters.
HD radio offers little value to the average listener.
 
You guys should scan HD stations where I live. There are several formats simply unavailable without it...LIKE 24 HOUR CLASSICAL MUSIC, 24 hour news (not news/talk...NEWS), Adult Album Alternative, Traditional Country (NOT the sexy young artists, but George Jones and Dolly Parton for God's sake), and traditional oldies. Sorry dude, but THESE ARE CERTAINLY WORTHWHILE!

And in an urban, or suburban area where most people live, you'd have to try really hard to keep HD FM from "locking on". In my rural area I can get HD at 60-80 miles with a simple indoor antenna, and 100+ miles with an outdoor antenna, the kind millions of us (particularly in rural areas) already have for TV, and are installing for DTV.

So PLEASE, you'll have to come up with some arguments that are actually valid. As they say around here, "That dog just don't hunt!"
 
I checked the specs on the DUAL HD radio - it says AM Frequency Response is 4.4KHz - is that right????

Also, Mike Walker, I want to move where you are, as our 3 HD2 formats are throw aways. Give me a beautiful music format on HD2, and I cancel my XM sub the same day!
 
Mike Walker said:
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So PLEASE, you'll have to come up with some arguments that are actually valid.
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As Rudy Gullianni said to Lorne Michaels on Saturday Night Live when Lorne asked him if after 9-11 they could "have the show be funny...???"

"WHY START NOW??"

That is the funniest thing I have heard in a while.

Clouseau
 
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