Bruce Slutsky was born in New York City in 1949. I retired six years ago after working as a Science/Engineering Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark for 25 years. I was married to Karen until she passed away in February 2021. I have a son Lee who is now 35 years old. I am very much interested in the popular music of the 1960s, especially Bob Dylan and the Beatles. I am interested in rock and roll radio. I am an enthusiastic fan of the New York Mets.
Saturday, October 21, 2006
I bought an HD radio today
In one of my earlier posts I described how I have been a radio enthusiast over many years.HD radio is a relatively new innovation. The quality of AM and FM stations are significantly better. It also allows for more than one station on a frequencey. For example WKTU at 103.5 FM plays dance music, but there is a WKTU-HD2 station that plays country music. NYC has not had a country music station in over 10 years. Similarly after the morons at CBS radio flipped WCBS-FM to JACK-FM, they moved the oldies format to WCBS-FM-HD2. Until now I was able to hear HD stations through my computer, but the sound on the HD radio is clearly superior. When a new technology is introduced the prices are high. Until very recently the only table model HD radio on the market cost $300. The Accurian model that I bought today at Radio Shack cost $175 after a rebate. Why I am listening to XM radio when I just bought an HD radio? The answer my friend is that the computer is in the bedroom while the radio is in the dining room :)
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