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   From: lcraver@home.ca   
      
   On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:22:39 +1200, YourName@YourISP.com (Your Name)   
   wrote:   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   These days I listen to the radio 2 ways: (1) in my car where I assume   
   the noise of the engine and other traffic will negate any stereo   
   effect and (2) at home usually over their internet feeds   
      
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