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I love hd radio. Have it in all my cars.
But i want it in the house.
I have an older (mid 90s) hi fi setup that sounds fantastic. And its paid for.
Fm reception really isn't all that great.
Is there a way to inexpensively add hd radio functionality to it? Some sort of rca plug tuner or something? Ive tried googling, but my Google fu is pretty weak on this one.
codrus
SuperDork
5/4/17 11:05 p.m.
Basically you want an HD radio tuner with line-level out that you can plug into a spare input on the pre-amp or receiver of your stereo. They seem to be available in the $100-300 range, although I have no idea which one to buy. I'd look used, it's all solid state, there's not much in them to go wrong.
One random example: https://www.crutchfield.com/p_022TS500/Yamaha-T-S500.html?tp=47481&awkw=75620770705&awat=pla&awnw=g&awcr=47439153625&awdv=c&awug=9032152
See, looking through the specs on that one, hd isn't listed. Ive not been able to fineld any tuners that do have it listed at a reasonable price.
Thanks already!
How about this one: https://www.amazon.com/Sangean-HDT-20-Radio-FM-Stereo-Component/dp/B01BY02C5K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493988065&sr=8-1&keywords=hd+radio+tuner
You might have better luck on eBay, it seems like not too many manufacturers are still pursuing this market. Note: I have no idea about standards on these things, I assume older ones will still work.
Example: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Insignia-NS-HDTUNE-AM-FM-Home-HD-Radio-Tuner-Analog-Digital-Outputs-/262967705919?hash=item3d3a18c13f:g:mfoAAOSwR29ZC-Zm