FM stereo tuners - Xpost (OTish)

[Huge]

Sadly true. Now I can afford the QUAD ELS's that I've lusted after all my life, there's no point in buying them.

[charles]

You could always get hearing aids, but having bought them you wouldn't be able to afford the ELSs.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

That sounds a lot of faff compared to simply selecting the tuner on your amp.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'd guess most already have a TV aerial, and already fed to several rooms in the house. Not many bother doing the same with FM or DAB.

Snag with using a FreeView STB audio only is they don't tend to have a display, so you have to rely on the remote to get the channel you want.

But it's what I mainly use. Many radio listeners stick to the same channel all the time anyway.

[Dave Plowman (News)]

And, of course, if just the telly, using it for what it does worst. Sound. ;-)

[Bill Wright]

The NHS digital ones are as good as any.

Bill

[Bill Wright]

All our tellys except one have external audio amps and speakers. Intolerable otherwise.

Bill

[charles]

possibly, but I was told they couldn't help me.

[Martin Brown]

The private ones have smaller less visible footprint but the free NHS digital ones now are impressively good if correctly fitted and tuned up.

[Roger Hayter]

You have to be firmer, They probably could if they wanted to. And insist on bilateral!

[Woody]

They are but they will only provide one and you cannot buy a second.

My wife has a condition affecting her hearing (frequency selective) and balance and the consultant said she needed two aids but the NHS would not comply, one or nowt.

[Bill Wright]

I'm sceptical of the whole industry. But what could be special about your lug holes that could defeat the NHS yet be fixable by a private firm, when it only comes down to frequency response after all?

Bill

[The Natural Philosopher]

Given the size of them, I am pleasantly surprised at the Tv sound quality.

As you get older you realise the technology is outperforming your ears massively.

And its getting pointless to invest in serious hi fi

[Dave Liquorice]

That depends on yer' telly. Our 42" plasma consumes a fair bit of juice (290 W on the plate). It has a "radio" mode that blanks the screen but I'm not totally convinced it powers down the heaters etc. And it has to be tuned to an off-air "radio" station for it to kick in, you can't manually kick it.

[Martin Brown]

That isn't correct unless it is a postcode lottery.

My father definitely had a pair on the NHS as he was profoundly deaf - from having spent WWII at firing position on anti-aircraft guns.

[Jethro_uk]

Last two cars I've had had DAB. Which I used for about 5 minutes, before it just died.

Bugger that, still use FM. When that goes, so will listening to radio in the car unless DAB is improved radically.

[Woody]

Clearly you live in an area where DAB has not been discovered yet?

[Woody]

Not sure. My wife is not badly deaf - she has Menieres Disease which causes frequency selective deafness and gradually gets worse over time. She started with this about a decade or so ago and it has not been too bad, but both I and son have noticed over the last year that things do seem to be getting gradually worse.

MD also causes serious balance issues. As balance is affected by auditory indicators the consultant said she should have two hearing aids to maintain auditory sensing, but the NHS said because she is not profoundly deaf she only qualifies for one aid. When asked if we could buy the other the answer was no unless she paid full price for them both, and as she would be paying then any treatment associated with them would also be chargeable.

That's life I suppose.

[Jethro_uk]

Yes, the M5 between Walsall and Worcester. Well known radio black spot ...

[Norman Wells]

I'm sure the cassette player in mine will still work.