Hello everyone.

Years ago, I had a dedicated Sony Tuner; an excellent unit with built in filters. The sound quality, from FM stations, was often digital level; in fact, I used it to make reel to reel recordings and to this day, they remain noiseless.

While the 990's Tuner is a major bonus, I've noticed some weaknesses. First, with the provided antenna, the reception was terrible. So, I bought some speaker wire, at Radio Shack, split it, so it had two branches, each a meter long and hung it up around my living room window. This was a great fix for reception.

However, there's still broadcast noise or interference, common from a radio signal. It's unfortunate that the 990 doesn't come with similar filters, as my Sony Tuner had.

I guess my question is this: are there such things as line filters you can install between the antenna and the 990 that will reduce this noise?

thanks,

John

Wow,

I'm just now awakening to the power of this pre/pro. I opened the manual and started to read, discovering that even the tuner has several Dolby listening modes. As I have only the two speakers and having gone through the list of listening modes, my favourite FM stations seem to sound best in DVS wide mode.

What mode are the rest of you using to listening to FM radio?

thanks,

John