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Originally Posted by No static at all
Unfortunately you are out of range for 24/7 reliable reception of the Detroit & Ft. Wayne TV stations, regardless of which pre-amp you use. The 8275 is OK to use for your TV reception if you do in fact need it to provide enough signal for multiple splits .
The good news is that you ARE within range of MANY FM stations within 100-125 miles with a dedicated directional FM only antenna. 2-3 splits may not require an amplifier, but you can use a Channel Master 3414 if you find too much loss.
With a good signal, the Sony radio can provide full stereo reception & little to no noise up to 100 miles with analog. The analog is so good, that is actually sounds better than most HD stations (only 60-70 mile range with HD)
The bad news is that Sony stopped making these amazing radios.  |
The only out-of-market TV stations I can receive during the day is Lima, Ohio. And I really don't care to see that.
So a distribution amp over a pre-amp. I can usually get many of the Detroit stations during the day. Sometimes they come in pretty good and sometimes they're a bit fuzzy. There are some trees but hopefully it won't be too much of an issue, especially if I can get the stations now. Could I mount them on the some pole? They would be 2-4 feet away from each other.
I can't believe Sony stopped making those, I know they sold for $99 when they were in production. I think I had to pay like $225 for mine on some forum. I also have the S3HD from Sony which seems to be the exact same tuner but with speakers. I have it hooked up to an external amp though. The sensitivity of my Onkyo RC-460 home theater receiver honestly seems to be just as good.