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Zak: Hi, I'm Zak.
Ken: And I'm Ken. Today, we're going to be looking at JVC Arsenal KD-AHD39 CD receiver.
It also is a CD receiver with an HD radio tuner built-in.
Zak: Yeah.
Ken: This is a popular model with a lot of our customers. It gets an average rating of
4.5 out of 5 stars and we've sold a lot of them. One of the main reasons people get it
is for that HD radio tuner. What can you tell me about HD radio?
Zak: Well, Ken, HD radio is great. When stations broadcast an HD radio signal, it's a digital
signal and it allows them to increase the sound quality by a lot. They also have the
ability to send multiple steams of content to the same frequency, so you've got secondary
channels that you can listen to right on the same place on the dial. And they have the
ability to send text and information: song titles, artist, albums, things like that.
Or anything that they really want to. You can see we're getting a little bit more here.
Ken: Right, that's more than you normally see on a radio display.
Zak: Yeah, we're not getting the greatest signal here in the Crutchfield video studio
today, but we're still getting, we're still getting something else.
Ken: That's nice. So you say it's got multiple channels - they call it multi-casting, right?
Zak: Yep.
Ken: And FM's nearly as good as CD and AM's about as good as FM used to be, right?
Zak: That's right.
Ken: Pretty impressive. One of the features I like about this is what's called SRS Circle
Surround. Now you access that just by pressing this little button here. SRS Circle Surround
takes a two-channel source like HD radio or CD and splits it up around the four speakers
in your car, gives you, like, an enveloping sound field. And, especially in a car, a nice
controlled environment like that, it really sounds good. It makes you feel like you're
right in the middle of the action. It also has what's called an amplifier gain control.
The amplifier gain control limits power output. If you're using factory speakers, you might
not want to drive it with too much power, that will tamp down the amplifier a little
bit.
Zak: Sounds great, Ken. And, you can, it's a nice looking radio too. It's got, its well
laid out controls. It's got your tuner here, volume ***, handy front aux input for connecting
another player. And one of the greatest things, really, is this little attenuate button. So
if you're going through a drive-through or just need the sound down in a pinch, then
it's a great thing to have.
Ken: It is a good feature. I've had radios with and without and when I don't have it,
I always want it. It's a good feature to have. Well, that's it. It's the JVC Arsenal KD-AHD39
CD receiver with built-in HD Radio tuner.