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From: kirkg@uw-june (Kirk Glerum)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: digital FM tuning
Message-ID: <904@uw-june>
Date: Fri, 20-Jan-84 18:46:04 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 20 18:46:04 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 23-Jan-84 04:34:05 EST
Organization: U. Washington, Computer Sci
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  This last Christmas, I shopped for stereo gear for my father.  The
receiver I eventually picked was the NAD 7120.  It has a digital tuner,
which is what my question involves.  The FM frequency increases by    
increments of .05, which is the sort of thing I always used to laugh at,
since all FM stations broadcast at odd tenths.  So between the possible
stations of 101.1 and 101.3, the receiver will tune to 101.15, 101.20, and  
101.25.  The salesman told me that this was for people in places where the
frequency will drift away from the designated number, so you can realign
your receiver to match.  I countered with the Technics (among others) 
method of having the receiver center in exactly on the signal, to some
unknown precision.  He said fine, but if the signal was too weak, the
receiver wouldn't be able to find it to fine tune it.
  So which method of tuning is preferable?  Or do all the analog fans
out there dislike digital tuners as well as discs?  

Kirk Glerum
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