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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , gossg@gossg.org wrote:   
   > YourName@YourISP.com (Your Name) wrote:   
   > >   
   > >AM = amplitude modulation   
   > >FM = frequency modulation   
   > >   
   > >But that doesn't mean much to non-technical people, and there's a pile of   
   > >pros and cons for each.   
   > >   
   > >In the real world the difference in AM and FM basically comes down the   
   > >frequency bands used by the stations. It has no bearing on what they   
   > >actually play, although many newer stations aimed the "younger generation"   
   > >that play mainly music mostly use the FM frequencies while the more   
   > >established stations for the "older listerners" are usually AM (or both AM   
   > >and FM in some cases).   
   >   
   > FM radio had an effective stereo technology (almost?) from its   
   > beginnings.  AM's version of stereo didn't arrive until the end of the   
   > eighties, and seems to have been a failure.  When I was looking for a   
   > car stereo in 2003, only the very expensive units seemed to have them,   
   > while a friend's super-cheap car stereo in 1990 (Craig brand) had AM   
   > stereo.   
   >   
   > Without stereo, music is a hard sell.   
      
   Most people can't tell the difference, even though they think they can. In   
   fact, with a proper steroe sound system, most people aren't ever sitting   
   in the right place to get the full effect anyway.   
      
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