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On 8 Jan 2001, at 17:01, Per Lindgren wrote: > Jim Adney wrote: > > > The lack of good ground won't cause noise on the CD, and I find that > > it only causes poor sensitivity on FM, which you will never notice > > if you listen to local stations. How's your AM? That's where I have > > seen a noise problem. > > Never listen on AM, all radio stations I have here (5) are based on > FM, with RDS. There are a lot of AM stations in mainland Europe, but > the signals are a bit too weak to listen to in a car. FM is inherently much more noise free. That was it's big advantage from the start and the reason that the audiophiles prefer it. I suspect that if you switch to your AM setting you will hear a lot of radiated ignition noise, but that's irrelevant if you never use the AM. When I was a kid I could never understand why our local station chose to broadcast baseball games on their FM half, and in stereo! - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pitch in! Send your pledge of support! mailto:support@vwtype3.org