My cambridge soundworks hd radio broke on me after 3 yrs.I just got a radiosophy hd 100 radio.My old radio had poor fm reception and strange noises when using am.The HD100 gets me the following stations that the cambridge one couldn't:wsou hd 1 /2,94.3 the point,wrat hd 95.9,whtg 106.3,wctz 96.7,kjoy 98.3 and whda 105.5.I live in Midwood Brooklyn.Both radios are lousy with am reception.
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radioshophy hd100 vs cambridge soundworks hd radio
- Thread starter yossefgershon
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it just suddenly made a piercing sound when power was pressed.it did not pay to fix it.I do not recommend cambridge soundworks-even their staff members say they make a poor tuner.
Unfortunately, I've gone through 2 Cambridge Soundworks radios in the past 10 years. I bought a Model 88 in 2000 that lasted about 18 months before something in the software went crazy. When it worked, the sound was awesome. The FM was superb. Very sensitive & selective. In Waukegan, IL, I could hear Milwaukee's WLUM (102.1) around local WXLC (102.3). The AM, on the other hand, was about as deaf as a doornail. Which was a blessing, I guess. I couldn't even get Chicago flamethrowers like, WSCR (670), WGN (720) & WBBM (780). The local WKRS (1220) could be heard from 1180 to 1270.
In 2003, I got a Model 88CD. Again, the sound was amazing. The FM was just as good as the Model 88 was. Even the AM was more sensitive, but not by much. The selectivity was a bit better. WKRS was only audible from 1200 to 1240. That ran well for about 2-1/2 years before it decided not to power up one day.
I considered their HD radio when it came out, but I was afraid it wouldn't last. I got a Sangean HDR-1. The 2 of those I had only lasted less than a day before software crashed & locked up. I returned them both.
Now, I'm looking for an HD radio that I can use at my bedside. I'm afraid of those brands I've never heard of, like, Iluv, Radiosophy & Insignia.
Right now, my Sangean WR-2 (not an HD radio) has served me well for 3 years now.
In 2003, I got a Model 88CD. Again, the sound was amazing. The FM was just as good as the Model 88 was. Even the AM was more sensitive, but not by much. The selectivity was a bit better. WKRS was only audible from 1200 to 1240. That ran well for about 2-1/2 years before it decided not to power up one day.
I considered their HD radio when it came out, but I was afraid it wouldn't last. I got a Sangean HDR-1. The 2 of those I had only lasted less than a day before software crashed & locked up. I returned them both.
Now, I'm looking for an HD radio that I can use at my bedside. I'm afraid of those brands I've never heard of, like, Iluv, Radiosophy & Insignia.
Right now, my Sangean WR-2 (not an HD radio) has served me well for 3 years now.
Of the three HD Radios I own, I probably use my Radiosophy HD100 the most. It's quite possibly the most receptive radio I've owned, both in analog and digital. The second would be the Sangeon HDT-1.
That's some sad product review. I don't suppose I'll ever buy any radios by those mfrs.
There's a "digital" tuning radio at work that picks up WGN 720 at 15 miles away from 700-740, and I'm appalled.
STRONG signals on 700 and 740 can not be detected AT ALL, but are overrun by lack of selectivity.
A 1935 Philco cheapie regnerative autodyne 4-tuber did better than, and that's not even a superhet!
Do any of these people even know or remember WHY superheterodyning was adopted as the standard method for radio
architecture? If you're not going to take advantage of the benefits to be realized, why bother?
They might as well make TRFs again and we'll just pretend all Am radio stations are 50 khz wide.
There's obviously a tuned circuit missing in the design department.
Alll these new radios just mix alll the incoming signals and "convert" to IF.
No AM rf preselector and amp at all.
Really, I'd rather they not pretend these even have AM if they're going to make such a worthless, weak effort.
If AM radios were automobiles, the only thing that would be available would be Trabants and Yugos, because that's all
the performance manufacturers feel the public expects, wants, or deserves.
There's a "digital" tuning radio at work that picks up WGN 720 at 15 miles away from 700-740, and I'm appalled.
STRONG signals on 700 and 740 can not be detected AT ALL, but are overrun by lack of selectivity.
A 1935 Philco cheapie regnerative autodyne 4-tuber did better than, and that's not even a superhet!
Do any of these people even know or remember WHY superheterodyning was adopted as the standard method for radio
architecture? If you're not going to take advantage of the benefits to be realized, why bother?
They might as well make TRFs again and we'll just pretend all Am radio stations are 50 khz wide.
There's obviously a tuned circuit missing in the design department.
Alll these new radios just mix alll the incoming signals and "convert" to IF.
No AM rf preselector and amp at all.
Really, I'd rather they not pretend these even have AM if they're going to make such a worthless, weak effort.
If AM radios were automobiles, the only thing that would be available would be Trabants and Yugos, because that's all
the performance manufacturers feel the public expects, wants, or deserves.
Does your Radiosophy HD100 decode C-Quam AM stereo stations like the Sangean HDT-1X does?
Speaking of build quality, my Directed Electronics HD car tuner died just a month short of being 2 years old. My guess is that these new 'lead-free' compliant electronic devices tend to fail from heat much easier and much sooner that the beasties with a pound of lead solder in them!
Speaking of build quality, my Directed Electronics HD car tuner died just a month short of being 2 years old. My guess is that these new 'lead-free' compliant electronic devices tend to fail from heat much easier and much sooner that the beasties with a pound of lead solder in them!
KB1OKL said:
They need a little fan mounted on top of the chip for cooling.. That or an ice cube..
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