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   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 27/08/13 2:41 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > In article <0gln19lla66i5l2du8rv2ru9h1n7ebs0t2@4ax.com>, The Horny Goat   
   >  wrote:   
   >> 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   
   >   
   > If your car has the speakers set into the doors, then it's one of the few   
   > places where the stereo effect can work properly since you're sitting   
   > between the two speakers and the distance from each speaker to your ears   
   > is minimally different (obviously you're closer to one than the other, but   
   > a car isn't wide enough to mkae ahuge difference).   
      
   I would claim it is. If I set the balance so that the stereo effect is   
   perfect for me, my passengers hear the sound as coming from one side,   
   or, depending how I've done it, from one corner of the car.   
      
      
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