Sangean HDT-1 HD Radio Component Tuner
The latest technological innovation is HD-Radio for AM/FM sound that is above and beyond anything you've heard. HD uses a digital signal instead of analog and more stations are using it. It provides static free, crystal clear sound, allows simultaneous multi-casts from a single station, and data services giving you audio on demand, traffic and news updates and more! Did you spend hundreds of dollars on your stereo system and like how it works for you? This component tuner is exactly what you would need to add the HD feature to an existing system. Simply plug in and attach through a set of stereo RCA cables and you are ready to listen to crystal clear digital radio. Auto Preset System Displays Information such as - Channel Number, Channel Frequency, Ensemble Label, Service Label, Dynamic Label, Transmission Mode, Data Rate, Secondary Service Availability Automatic Multiplex Re-configuration Automatic Simulcast Re-configuration FM RBDS function available with PS, PTY, RT and CT features IR Remote Control External Antenna Input Line-out (Stereo-RCA)
HD radio is the next step in the evolution of sound. For some time, radio listeners have had to put up with static, hiss, and lost signals. HD radio eliminates this loss of signal by providing a digital signal that allows AM to sound like FM, and CD-quality sound out of FM stations. The HDT-1 is a full-featured, HD radio tuner, with hybrid and full digital radio reception, an auto preset system, an IR remote control, and much more. Feature List
- PLL Synthesized Digital Tuning System
- Backlit LCD Display
- Hybrid and Full Digital Radio Reception
- Program Associated Data Services
- Auto Preset System
- Automatic Multiplex Re-configuration
- Automatic Simulcast Re-configuration
- IR Remote Control
- External Antenna Input
- Line-out (Stereo-RCA)
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Sangean HDT-1 HD Radio Component Tuner Reviews
Sangean HD Radio is an adequate addition to your audio component group. It does all that sangeen claims, however, for the price, it would be nice if it had a few more bells and whistles, like a sleep function, a turn on function, etc.
Its not that hard to get decent sound out of a technology that has been around for decades. I figured sound quality would be just fine because. The main problem with it is the lack of high frequency response. There are nearly no highs at all.
After looking at some other tuners which I think are better I found they were more money than I could spend. Everything sounds muffled and dull. Doing a direct comparison to my tuner which is a Sansui TU517 it is really obvious how poor this tuner is as far as sound quality goes. It will be fine for my multi-room system but It would never be replacing the tuner in my high end system. As soon as i hooked one of them up to see how it worked in my high end stereo I was immediatly struck by how muffled it sounded.
I bought two of these tuners to go into a multi-zone system, I needed something relatively cheap that would fit into the rack with the other components looks wise and would be good quality. Granted the sansui is one of the best tuners produced even if it is nearly 30 years old, You can usually pick one up for the price of this thing. Other than that the tuner works ok, big display is easy to read, easy to operate and picks up stations just fine, but I really cannot reccomend this for anyone who needs to have the sound quality there. The reviews for this seemed ok, so I decided to order them.
The programming on FM is awful so I can't get worked up about it in any case. It's also interesting on AM in thunderstorms.
I'm not an audiophile so have no opinion on the FM HD quality. It's pretty astounding when the usual distant radio noises are replaced by FM quality sound, albeit only for a few minutes at a time.
The local AM station simulcasts on one of its FM sister's subchannels so I got the tuner to get pre-sunrise reception of that. I notice on AM that sometimes, with a really good antenna system by the way, I can get AM HD at 500 miles range, around sunrise.
That worked fine. It doesn't cost too much.
The encoding manages to work right through some static crashes without indicating any hint of them being there, and not others. The AM is sort of cute, but since its being there puts out god-awful amounts of noise on AM channels on either side of the station for non-HD receivers, it's very likely that the whole AM scheme will be abandoned sooner or later, or anyway it ought to be.
Why is this not being advertised. In this area there are 24 hour classical, blues and hip hop stations with no ads. Product was delivered before promised time and checked out fine.
Oh well - eventually it will catch on and then these stations will have ads so enjoy it now. I don't get why this is not catching on. One year ago I walked into the Bose store in downtown Chicago and the people working there had no idea what HD radio was.
This tuner works great hooked up to my existing stereo and sounds much better than more expensive desk top models. I was surprised at the number of HD Radio stations available in the area. This is the way to listen to radio - no static and no ads.
I would recommend this to anyone looking for a moderate-cheap tuner. I was skeptical about this tuner as you usually get what you pay for. I'm glad I found this one. I started to look at tuners that cost 800+. I was pleasantly suprised to hear the great sound from this.
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