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LF advice on fm/uhf antennas

On a quest to get better fm reception on my home reciever. These seem to be four of the more highly recommended antennas. Does anyone have experience with these or know of a store that sells/stocks them in the GTA (mississauga) or area?

The Fanfare FM2G
The Fanfare FM2G-C Ideally; my first choice
Magnum Dynalab St-2
Magnum Dynalab silver ribbon

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I have done extensive research on indoor antenna's and there seems to be a general consensus that there is no indoor antenna that is significantly more effective than the pair of <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=126 target=_blank>Radioshack</a> rabbit ears I have hooked up to my TU-217. There is quite a bit of information in the fmtuners group on Yahoo:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fmtuners/

That being said, American Sound carries Magnum Dynalab, as does Executive Stereo. Toronto Home of Audiophile may have them as well, at least they had a Silver Ribbon hooked up when I was last there. I don't know if any actually carries stock.

http://www.americansound.com/
http://www.executivestereo.com/index.html

If I was to consider blowing the money on an indoor antenna, I would probably go with the one made by APS instead:

http://www.antennaperformance.com/

I know of no source in Canada for the Fanfare, but it is available from Musicdirect in the states:

http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/se ... fr=FANFARE

You may also buy the MD's from Audioadvisor in the States. At least they can be used as a "reality check" on the price the dealer gives you:

http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/mfgli ... b&MFGID=73


My advice though is to try a pair of rabitt ears, fully extended, at about a 70 degree angle, and mounted as higgh as possible. You may find, as I did, that signal strength is adequate for the stations you listen to. None of the indoor antennas would be suitable for DXing.
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Riffer wrote:I have done extensive research on indoor antenna's and there seems to be a general consensus that there is no indoor antenna that is significantly more effective than the pair of <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=126 target=_blank>Radioshack</a> rabbit ears I have hooked up to my TU-217. There is quite a bit of information in the fmtuners group on Yahoo:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fmtuners/

That being said, American Sound carries Magnum Dynalab, as does Executive Stereo. Toronto Home of Audiophile may have them as well, at least they had a Silver Ribbon hooked up when I was last there. I don't know if any actually carries stock.

http://www.americansound.com/
http://www.executivestereo.com/index.html

If I was to consider blowing the money on an indoor antenna, I would probably go with the one made by APS instead:

http://www.antennaperformance.com/

I know of no source in Canada for the Fanfare, but it is available from Musicdirect in the states:

http://www.amusicdirect.com/products/se ... fr=FANFARE

You may also buy the MD's from Audioadvisor in the States. At least they can be used as a "reality check" on the price the dealer gives you:

http://www.audioadvisor.com/store/mfgli ... b&MFGID=73


My advice though is to try a pair of rabitt ears, fully extended, at about a 70 degree angle, and mounted as higgh as possible. You may find, as I did, that signal strength is adequate for the stations you listen to. None of the indoor antennas would be suitable for DXing.
Harley at Audio Empire in Rexdale (416-745-6866) also carries Magnum Dynalab stuff. Manfred from Magnum regularly drops in to the store.

I have a silver ribbon and my FM reception improved (ie better than with <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=128 target=_blank>Radio Shack</a> rabbit ears).

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