Rolls RS79b Tuner

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Peter <reply to newsgroup only> wrote:
>I wonder if anyone has any experience with the Rolls RS79b Tuner, and how
>satisfied they are with its performance, especially its capability to pull
>in FM stations.

I tried it, and it was better than boom-box quality. Not great sensitivity or
great selectivity, but it was just fine for a typical PA system install
where you want to get a few local stations. I installed a couple of them
as air monitors to feed the distributed sound systems at a couple local
radio stations, and a friend of mine uses one of them at a sculpture garden
in Washington DC, to put broadcasts of local events through the sound
system in the garden.

It ain't no McKay Dymek, that's for sure. But it's fine for average
installed sound use. If you need a DX machine, look elsewhere.
--scott

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