Looking for an HD tuner with HDMI connectivity

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avs2099

Discussion Starter · Jun 15, 2021

Is there such a thing? The FM tuner in my Yamaha RX-1060 is very rudimentary.

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Nope. Wouldn't be a market for it big enough for manufacturers to include the necessary circuitry. It'd really drive up the cost on what's already a niche device.

Best bet might be to pick up a Sangean and use optical though, FWIW, there's not going to be much difference between optical and analog connections when it comes to commercial radio stations. I have the BA tabletop jacked into my sound system. The difference between the digital signals and multiplexed analog FM is night-and-day. The difference between delivering those to your Yamaha via optical or analog I doubt you'd notice.

It also depends on what you're listening to and how the station engineer has things configured. In Tampa, we have a classical station carried digitally on another station's subchannel. The sound quality and dynamic range are among the best I've heard.

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jkeldo

· #3 · Jun 15, 2021

DrDon said:
Nope. Wouldn't be a market for it big enough for manufacturers to include the necessary circuitry. It'd really drive up the cost on what's already a niche device.

Best bet might be to pick up a Sangean and use optical though, FWIW, there's not going to be much difference between optical and analog connections when it comes to commercial radio stations. I have the BA tabletop jacked into my sound system. The difference between the digital signals and multiplexed analog FM is night-and-day. The difference between delivering those to your Yamaha via optical or analog I doubt you'd notice.

It also depends on what you're listening to and how the station engineer has things configured. In Tampa, we have a classical station carried digitally on another station's subchannel. The sound quality and dynamic range are among the best I've heard.

I remember some reviews that indicated worse sound from the optical on some models which is what you would usually not expect. I think it was an Insignia unit but can't recall now.

I have both older Sony and Sangean units the and sound is fine from the analog jacks so the OP should not be concerned about using a HDMI output which I don't think is available on any HD tuner to my knowledge.

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DrDon

· #4 · Jun 15, 2021

jkeldo said:
I remember some reviews that indicated worse sound from the optical on some models which is what you would usually not expect. I think it was an Insignia unit but can't recall now.

Your memory is fine! I recall picking up an Insignia and getting noticeable distortion via optical, but not analog. I took it back as the optical was the big reason I got it (and it was marked down).

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avs2099

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jun 16, 2021

The point of having HDMI connection was for the user interface, not better audio quality. Are there any AV receivers with HD radio capable of showing album art?

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LHenton

· #6 · Jun 16, 2021

I am not aware of any HD tuners that show albums art. However, roku shows albums art with the SiriusXM app channel.

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DrDon

· #7 · Jun 16, 2021

Amazon's Echo Show also does album art for some streamers, such as Pandora.

I have a couple of portable radios that'll do album art IF a station is sending it. We did in Detroit, but I haven't tested it in Tampa.

Did a rough Google search and I don't think anyone's made an AVR with HDRadio in some time. I didn't find anything recent enough. I'd want HDRadio and the ability to handle 4K. Again, I didn't dig that deep. Someone in the AVR section might know.

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bulwnkl

· #8 · Jun 17, 2021

Only ones I've seen that do album art are car HD radios.

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