Last month I had ordered the Radiosophy HD100 radio, and was asked to report back on what my impressions were once I received it. I received it earlier today and started playing with it. Keep in mind that I am just an average listener, nothing more. I purchased it for one reason, to listen to country music, which is currently only available through a HD2 channel at a nearby LI FM station. I tested it through both the antenna provided, as well as an old fashion T-wire antenna in the attic. Since I live on the South Shore of LI, approximately 60 miles east of NYC, I knew the availability of HD stations would be limited.
Now for the initial tests....Overall, the looks of the radio would not win any beauty awards, but the performance was suprisingly good. With the supplied antenna, I easily locked onto my local HD2 country station. Believe it or not, I was actually able to lock on to the main channel digital signals on a number of stations, even one from Hartford, CT, but not the HD2 channel. Occasionally, some of the distant stations would switch to analog. Next, I hooked it up to the old T-wire antenna in the attic. There was a dramatic increase in the number of digital channels, but very few other HD2 channels & far less dropouts to analog. As far as sound goes, it was on average with other radios of it's size. One drawback for it though, is a lack of bass & treble. That would have been a definite plus. As soon as time permits, I will try experimenting with other speakers, input to a stereo, as well as on the AM band, and report back in. Overall though, I am happy with the performance, since most importantly it now provides me with programming that was not available to me previously!
Now for the initial tests....Overall, the looks of the radio would not win any beauty awards, but the performance was suprisingly good. With the supplied antenna, I easily locked onto my local HD2 country station. Believe it or not, I was actually able to lock on to the main channel digital signals on a number of stations, even one from Hartford, CT, but not the HD2 channel. Occasionally, some of the distant stations would switch to analog. Next, I hooked it up to the old T-wire antenna in the attic. There was a dramatic increase in the number of digital channels, but very few other HD2 channels & far less dropouts to analog. As far as sound goes, it was on average with other radios of it's size. One drawback for it though, is a lack of bass & treble. That would have been a definite plus. As soon as time permits, I will try experimenting with other speakers, input to a stereo, as well as on the AM band, and report back in. Overall though, I am happy with the performance, since most importantly it now provides me with programming that was not available to me previously!
