Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony XDRF1HD HD Radio Tuner
Digital camera Review: AM Signal King
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this tuner for one reason, to get the late night AM program Coast to Coast. Reception in the St. Louis area was terrible until I
bought this tuner. I'd heard FM like CD and AM like FM advertised and thought I'd try it. I just couldn't believe it!! I've had it for four
months now and listen every night to crystal clear AM. I love it.
Digital camera Review: Affordable HD Tuner
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this unit because I have been wanting to try HD radio, because I trust the Sony name and because the price with shipping was under $100. The unit did not disappoint--it is easy to set up and use and has a very nice sound, limited only by the quality of the amplifier/speakers you use. Reception of regular FM was excellent. Reception of digital channels seems very good (I have no standard to compare it with)though if I stand in a certain place in the room it cuts out.
One thing to be aware of--the LCD display has to break in for a few days before it shows all of the information consistently. For the first few days I had the unit the display would drop some letters (restored by turning the unit off and on again)but after that there has been no problem.
Digital camera Review: All but perfect HD Tuner
Summary: 4 Stars
I read the technical evaluations done by the experts who measured it as the best FM and HD FM tuner ever built. I bought it and was impressed by the clarity of the sound and the ability to pull in the stations, HD or not. I spent 20 minutes selecting the presets. Then I moved the AC plug from one socket to another. Big mistake. All the presets were gone! I guess I'll be resetting the presets every time there's a power outage! What a shame. I cheap capacitor would have given this thing hours of memory maintenance.
The technical reviews rave over this tuner and it is easy to use and sounds fantastic.
Digital camera Review: Amazing
Summary: 5 Stars
This has to be the best off air tuner i have ever used, the HD works perfect on both AM and FM, it even cleans up old analog stations to near perfect sound.Digital camera Review: Amazing FM Tuner
Summary: 5 Stars
From my review title you can figure that I'm mainly using this tuner for FM reception. I have purchased maybe five of them at this point, and they continue to amaze me whenever I install them. I could quibble with the ease of use (not *that* easy), but I'm using them in place of commercial receivers that are bulky, costly, and simply do not have the selectivity or sensitivity of these for receiving analog FM stations. I live in a rural area where HD Radio stations are few and far between, so I don't find that feature important. The digital signal processing that is performed on analog signals is just phenomenal. It takes a little time, so if you compare it with an analog receiver the audio seems just a tad "behind", but the results are so worth it that unless you're monitoring yourself on the radio in real-time you'll never have reason to notice anything but the great sound. I'll be buying more of them, and I hope Sony comes out with more variety of radios that use the same electronics. It truly is amazing what they accomplish with almost no input signal if you're trying to receive a distant station.