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From: "Bob Olhsson" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>From Anthony Baldwin: "...the generous bandwidth of
> national AM channels in the 1930s and '40s offered a far higher level
> of AM fidelity than we're used to today..."
>
> Most younger people don't realize that the average AM station of the 1940s
> sounded far better than the average FM station of the '80s.
>
And they had MUCH better AM radios as well! Consoles usually had 10" or
12" speakers. My E. H. Scott 800-B is admittedly MUCH better than average
(it cost $1600 in 1946...more than a new Chevrolet...!!) but puts out 25 
watts
of power into a coaxial speaker with a 15" bass driver...!

...stevenc