Was just listening to the semi competent whitewash job re turning off FM, sorry Migrating to Digital in Orwellspeak - on todays You and Yours. Despite the bollocks emanating from it I looked fondly across to The Tandberg 2075 and began to sadly wonder who its binmates might be...

Tanberg 2075
Leak Troughline 3
Technics ST7300
two Denon 260L's
Nad 701
Sansui TU s33L
Two Roberts portables, one a sweet leatherette covered classic.
Grundig Yacht Boy
Technics ST 3-L

And if I've still got the car I have now, a nice radio, cassette and CD player, a Volvo HU-605

not to mention several tuners bought-in-the-car-boot, stored-in the-attic and awaiting their hour of need. Can't be bothered to climb up and see, but offhand several more including another nice Technics and a big Yamaha receiver.

In case anyone points out that there is provision in the Carter report for the expansion of local community radio into part of the vacated FM band, I say it comes to the same thing....my bin runneth over.

Nial

What yamaha receiver ???? I can do you a swap & you'll never know or soon forget.

2 Troughlines & a Hacker Sovereign II

NAT 101
Creek T40
Denon TU-260L
Rotel RT-830AL
Tuner section of NAD 7020i (TBH, it's already f****d, although the amp's fine!)
Toshiba RP-700 (great little radio, with tuner-like FM stereo output!)
Grundig Boy 30
+ too many more trannies to mention.

Sob.

Just think, the only remaining use for your FM tuner will be for pirate radio stations

A Quad FM3 a Rotel RT820 and a Alfa 159 2.2 JTS

Pete

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/carter_radio_dumb_media/

I listened to that radio report and the twat answering the questions was an evasive bugger. One chap asked about quality and he got no reply just a load of rubbish about quality of reception which wasn't the question. He also came out with a load of evesive stuff about DAFT+.

I really hate politician spin answers like what he offered, its just crap. I bought a DAFT tuner and stopped using it because the quality on my Freeview box is better. It is the only piece of new gear that is now redundant.

My main tuner is a 1970s Denon TU-850 (http://www.thevintageknob.org/DENON/TU850/TU850.html) that is connected to a roof aerial, though I've also got a Quad FM3, a big classic Marantz 2252B receiver and a Roberts R250 radio.

Tony.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/19/carter_radio_dumb_media/
Seen this already and discussed it on another thread. I quote:


Quote:
Originally Posted by PigletsDad View Post
Everybody, please read the analysis on http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06...io_dumb_media/

The situation is more complex than the newspapers have made out; the preconditions for FM switch off (>50% digital audience) seem essentially impossible to meet.


Extremely interesting and superficially reassuring...then maybe they won't meet them.

But consider...

We have the BBC in the throes of a totally "love is blind" affair with DAB, beyond and no longer susceptible to logic.

We have a government who has, uniquely in modern times, managed to match their moral bankruptcy with an equally impressive financial one.

Broadcasters and Mobile phone companies are one of the few areas of the economy currently burdened with money, providing relatively expensive services that users regard as essential. Used as a cash cow previously, why shouldn't a re run be equally lucrative?

Am I the only one capable of envisaging a situation where a spinmeister is wheeled on to congratulate the British public that despite minor aspects (as detailed above) of the Carter reports recommendations not being quite fully met (what were they anyway? Will anyone remember by then?), nevertheless the government is to remove all obstacles to Britains great Digital Dawn in the interest of...PROGRESS...ECONOMIC RECOVERY...WORLD PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING or whatever bollocks they think we might swallow at the time.

I really wouldn't get complacent on this one.

Nial

Helping Poole Borough Council blow their landfill limit will be a Nat02 in the main system, a Tivoli model 2 in the bedroom, a Tivoli PAL (currently unused, really must ebay it), a Roberts radio in the kitchen. And two aerials on the roof: one Ron Smith, one regular dipole.

I have been looking at the Digital Spy Forum re Radio and the attitiude to FM and not protesting as quite revealing - thy in the main expect the sutiation re DAB to improve and that any form of protest eg the petition is pointless.

Sad really - to accept all that is handed out by a doctrinaire government without protest

Denon AV receiver (tuner's not very sensitive!) and a NAD 4225 downstairs

Leak Troughline II + Studio 12 Decoder
Sugden
Hitachi FF5500 II
Aiwa 9700
Yamaha T1
Trio KD 990SDL
Sanyo T80
Rodgers Ravensbrooke
2 Roof mounted 4 /5 element aerials
I wonder who is behind this FM switch off b-ll--ks! Are they so far up themselves at the BBC that they cant hear with their own ears the dfference between a genuine quality FM signal and the compressed tweety DAB signal!??? I've heard it makes you blind but not deaf as well!!! I would not put it past it that someone in government has a vested interest in DAB either. They've got their grubby fingers in every other other f----ng thing.
What is wrong with the once FM world leaders at the BBC, what is it that has changed their minds? I am at a loss

Hitachi FT 5500 2
Nad 402
Rogers T100 :mad:

Alan

I have a Hitachi 5500 mkII too, but to be honest it's radio 4 I'll miss most driving to work and back.

Rich

NAT 02
Quad FM4
Yamaha T80
Tandberg TP41 portable - retro cool
Sony alarm clock radio 1981 vintage
Bose "Ali McBeal" alarm clock radio - Graet interface but poor audio

Arcam Delta 150 Nicam Tuner


So throwing all this away to the landfill is sustainable progress.

It's a real pity that hardly any scientists or engineers go into politics
I'm sure the world would be a better place if we did

eddie

We have a government who has, uniquely in modern times, managed to match their moral bankruptcy with an equally impressive financial one.


"uniquely in modern times"?

Do you honestly believe that the UK is all alone in having such a well-matched pair of bankruptcies?

Does the nickname "Dubya" ring any bells in this context? :rolleyes:

Apart from that, a great line... :cool: