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   From: bit_bucket@gmx.com   
      
   On 11/27/2011 7:41 PM, rrusston@hotmail.com wrote:   
   >   
   >> My next receiver will be an SDR. Eliminating all but one conversion   
   >> stage (since the SDR goes straight from RF to I/Q baseband) and   
   >> doing all the filtering and demodulation with perfect mathematical   
   >> accuracy in software not only gives you tremendous dynamic range and   
   >> filtering capability, but it makes the recovered audio almost   
   >> supernaturally clean-sounding.   
   >>   
   >> Listening to a good SDR into a high-fidelity sound system for the   
   >> first time is like discovering that pillows had been strapped to   
   >> your speakers, and gravel had been stuck to your voice coil, for all   
   >> these years -- and finally removing them.   
   >   
   >   The SDRs I have seen have been mickey mouse affairs that used sound   
   > cards for demod. But when a good standalone unit is offered at a   
   > reasonable price I will give it a try.   
      
   Yeah, I suffer along with my HD Audio card ... but hey, as soon as   
   something better than concert hall audio comes along, I will consider it!   
      
   ROFLOL   
      
   Regards,   
   JS   
   The calendar says 2011, the heart says 1776!   
      
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