Mike Walker
Doesn't pull punches
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Again Fixup, and others considering the SRF-M35, a-noise is present in EVERY emplifier, but b-I have NEVER heard amplifier-related (or "ground" related,if you insist) noise on the SRF-M35, and submit that perhaps Fixup has come across one or more particularly bad samples. I own THREE SRF-M35s, and all are DEAD QUIET through my Koss Sporta Pros, KSC-35s, KSC-50, Sony MDR-7506, and Sony EX-70lp. I mean NO (audible) noise (although of course there IS noise in this, and every other analog device...it's just too low to be audible).
I was speaking of rf-related noise in my review, but I will repeat that one of the reasons I like MY SRF-M35 so much is that it REFUSES to let noise intrude on my fm listening, including when listening to distant stations. It (quite properly) blends weak and/or multipath-prone signals gracefully to mono. And the audio quality of the am section is really quite surprising, with (at least) an octave more hf information present than with most am radios. Even if you only listen to news, sports, and talk shows on am, you'll be surprised at how much more listenable they sound thanks to the expanded audio bandwidth. And if you live in an area such as mine, where the fm stations all are playing "cookie-cutter" formats, with no musical variety, and no surprises, but with a few small-town am stations within a 50 mile radius playing music that the fms just won't touch, then the SRF-M35 can bring a world of LISTENABLE (though not stereo) music where otherwise there would be none! Imagine that! An "am/fm stereo" radio which actually pays some attention to how am SOUNDS!
I'm curious, has ANYONE other than Fixup encountered the noise that he speaks of with the SRF-35? I certainly haven't, and am wondering (aloud) if he just got a bum sample, or maybe two!
I was speaking of rf-related noise in my review, but I will repeat that one of the reasons I like MY SRF-M35 so much is that it REFUSES to let noise intrude on my fm listening, including when listening to distant stations. It (quite properly) blends weak and/or multipath-prone signals gracefully to mono. And the audio quality of the am section is really quite surprising, with (at least) an octave more hf information present than with most am radios. Even if you only listen to news, sports, and talk shows on am, you'll be surprised at how much more listenable they sound thanks to the expanded audio bandwidth. And if you live in an area such as mine, where the fm stations all are playing "cookie-cutter" formats, with no musical variety, and no surprises, but with a few small-town am stations within a 50 mile radius playing music that the fms just won't touch, then the SRF-M35 can bring a world of LISTENABLE (though not stereo) music where otherwise there would be none! Imagine that! An "am/fm stereo" radio which actually pays some attention to how am SOUNDS!
I'm curious, has ANYONE other than Fixup encountered the noise that he speaks of with the SRF-35? I certainly haven't, and am wondering (aloud) if he just got a bum sample, or maybe two!