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Two new HD component tuners

Honestly... This is very good news for the "HD Radio crowd".

ADA (while not well-known to consumers) is a good company with several innovative products.

Cambridge is much-better known... BUT (caution) so was Boston Acoustics. We have seen what surfaced in the BA HD Receptor. Remember, these companys DO NOT "make HD radio" in the truest of sense... They integrate "HD reception parts" from a very limited pool of detector and DSP providers. They MUST depend of the sum performance of those "parts" for the end result by which their own product is judged.

My basic view remains unchanged:

HD on AM is defective and destructive... A C&D order needs to be issued by the Regulators.
HD on FM may well be "benign", but it fails to address or remedy radio's fundamental shortcomings... I can find NO RATIONAL REASON to purchase ANY HD FM radio regardless of who makes it!
 
Mike Walker said:
And the new models continue. For audiophiles, here are two new HD component tuners. First from Cambridge Soundworks http://www.bswusa.com/proditem.asp?item=850HD

Henry Kloss would be proud! And from ADA http://www.tektruth.com/moxie/news/newprod/ada-launches-siriushd-rad.shtml
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And, more stations are broadcasting in HD - too bad, there is virtually no consumer interest:

1) http://www.google.com/trends?q="hd+radio"

2) http://www.google.com/trends?q="hd+...ast,+"internet+radio"&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all
 
Honest to God 700, can you do anything other than publish links to other people's opinions, and graphs? Got any evidence YOURSELF that YOU HAVE GATHERED? Maybe a recording proving that "HD doesn't work"...made on an HD radio, showing it "not working". Perhaps an interview YOU HAVE DONE with someone who owns an HD radio and doesn't like it? Something...ANYTHING that is the fruit of YOUR OWN EFFORTS, supporting your position? Go ahead...link to a Bridge Ratings survey. By the way...here's a Bridge Ratings survey that predicts "only" 1.5 million HD Radios sold this year, and 12 million by three years from now (isn't that faster than HDTVs were selling at this point after their introduction?) It also shows that YOUNG PEOPLE are the ones MOST INTERESTED in HD. Yes, they put a negative spin on some aspects. But you LOVE these Bridge Ratings things, 700. What I've just written IS NOT a misrepresentation of their findings http://www.twice.com/article/CA6413421.html
 
Mike Walker said:
Honest to God 700, can you do anything other than publish links to other people's opinions, and graphs? Got any evidence YOURSELF that YOU HAVE GATHERED? Maybe a recording proving that "HD doesn't work"...made on an HD radio, showing it "not working". Perhaps an interview YOU HAVE DONE with someone who owns an HD radio and doesn't like it? Something...ANYTHING that is the fruit of YOUR OWN EFFORTS, supporting your position? Go ahead...link to a Bridge Ratings survey. By the way...here's a Bridge Ratings survey that predicts "only" 1.5 million HD Radios sold this year, and 12 million by three years from now (isn't that faster than HDTVs were selling at this point after their introduction?) It also shows that YOUNG PEOPLE are the ones MOST INTERESTED in HD. Yes, they put a negative spin on some aspects. But you LOVE these Bridge Ratings things, 700. What I've just written IS NOT a misrepresentation of their findings http://www.twice.com/article/CA6413421.html
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:D
 
Mike Walker said:
By the way...here's a Bridge Ratings survey that predicts "only" 1.5 million HD Radios sold this year, and 12 million by three years from now (isn't that faster than HDTVs were selling at this point after their introduction?)http://www.twice.com/article/CA6413421.html
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1.5 million this year, and 12 million by 2010 - keep dreaming ! :D Only, a few tens-of-thousands HD radios have been sold, and consumer interest in HD radio is now waining:

http://www.google.com/trends?q="hd+radio"

"How many HD radios have actually been sold?"

"This is a lot less than I expected and below all the projections I have seen to date."

http://www.hear2.com/2007/01/how_many_hd_rad.html#comments

"What kind of digital radio are listeners searching for?"

What a cool analysis Google now provides via Google Trends. It's what folks are searching for - and we can assume that search is a representation of interest.

http://www.hear2.com/2006/10/what_kind_of_di.html

Not, searching for HD Radio ! :D

Mike Walker said:
It also shows that YOUNG PEOPLE are the ones MOST INTERESTED in HD. Yes, they put a negative spin on some aspects. But you LOVE these Bridge Ratings things, 700. What I've just written IS NOT a misrepresentation of their findings.
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"How To Do An Intervention On Radio"

"And last, but not least (as the old trite phrase goes) the folly of HD Radio. I say folly because HD radio as a savior for the medium is a joke. As an engineering enhancement it's not a bad upgrade, but it won't save radio from itself. One reason is because few people care about it. Terrestrial radio dragged its feet on this for years and now its too late. But don't be guilty. Today's consumers like convenience, fresh innovative programming -- not fidelity. Just watch Gen Y listen to the Internet on their puny computer speakers or enjoy their highly-compressed iPods with low tech ear buds."

http://insidemusicmedia.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-to-do-intervention-on-radio.html

Gen Y is not interested in HD Radio - let's compare interest in iPods and MP3s, versus HD Radio:

http://www.google.com/trends?q="hd+radio",+ipod,+mp3

"Bridge Ratings updates HD Radio projections"

"12+ Interest in Owning HD radio (Very/Somewhat) - 8%"

http://www.hear2.com/2007/01/bridge_ratings_.html

Is that enough - phew ! :D
 
HD Radio will not gain traction until all the major car makers (not just one or two luxury brands) get on-board. In 2001, I tested a Visteon (Ford OEM) prototype unit in 2001. It's 6 years later and HD Radio is nowhere close to being standard in Fords. Same with Delphi and GM vehicles.

I think Ford and GM are more focused on staving off bankruptcy than putting HD Radio units in cars. What they have done speaks volumes; Ford has a long term relationship with Sirius Satellite Radio and GM with XM. Plus, it took both car makers (and Chrysler) no-time to engineer 3.5mm audio jacks into their factory audio systems. They researched what the people want and are giving it to them.

Unfortunately for Ibiquity and other HD Radio proponents, HD is not on the radar screen with consumers nor the major car makers.

Flame away. ;D
 
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