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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Robert Bannister   
    wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
   Simple solution - don't carry passengers, or don't rudely have the radio   
   on while carrying passengers ... unless of course it's the mother-in-law,   
   then you'll need to turn the radio up to drwon out the nagging.  ;-)   
      
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