Got my Sony XDRF-1 yesterday. On of the best audio purchases I've ever made. The sound is wonderful. If it remains reliable I'll be very happy. I'll have to get one for the primary system. Right now it's in the secondary system used for background listening. But it sounds so good I may put it the main system and check it's soundstaging/imaging capabilities. Got it for $80 on Amazon last week. Outstanding value.
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Just got a Sony HD tuner. I live in the mountains and just used the simple antenna that came with the tuner taped to the wall a four or five feet above my surge protectors. I was stunned by the sonic image thrown by this little marvel from my local HD NPR jazz station. This thing was $100 with shipping. (Couldn't buy it locally.) Fabulous. Radio fans take note! I've been a musician since 4th grade and I'm 50 years old now. I still play music 25 days a month on either tenor sax or bass. I've spent large chunks of my life listening to music and the Sony is impressive!
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J135: XDR-F1HD. Ordered from b&h photo in nyc. (free shipping!) Heard about it in the 'webzine, "Audio Critic." Listened in amazement again last night to Benny Golson special in HD. She was runnin' warm so I'll be sure to register @sony.com in case I need to use the warranty. The heat may be just from turning the screen brightness to maximum. |
You'll be interested in the following extensive review: http://ham-radio.com/k6sti/xdr-f1hd.htm It does seem like a remarkable and innovative product, although I would suspect that the sophisticated digital signal processing which is used to achieve its exceptional measured performance, and its exceptional reception performance on weak stations, as well as the design compromises which are inevitable in a $100 product, probably limit its sound quality on strong signals somewhat. Regards, -- Al |
