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Why does FM sound better than AM? (www.johndcook.com)

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[–] Blue_Morpho 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The article talks about noise but misses the most important part. AM's bandwidth is 10khz vs FM 16khz. It's what makes AM music, even when noise free, sound like it's being sent over an old phone line.

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[–] AFreeLarryHoover 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My uneducated answer is lower frequencies on AM.

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