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Rating  - Best FM reception ever
I am an devoted radio listener living in the NY suburbs. FM reception has long been a problem - some days, too many, I have been unable to listen to my favorite stations and shows. The built in and telescoping antennas just weren't doing the trick. I've attached an FM Reflect antenna to each of our radios and have been able to listen to all of my shows and stations, all the time and without exception ever since. This is an expensive product, but well worth the cost if you need a really fine FM antenna.
Rating  - The "Monster Cable" of antennas
If you believe Monster Cables improve your audio experience dramatically, then buy this antenna, it's for you.
The antenna is well made and comes with an F-connector and a balun to convert to 2 spade connectors. The quality is fine.
My need for a better antenna was in a challenging setting on the Hood Canal west of Seattle. The Reflect gets the job done--barely. I have read other reviews which state this antenna works no better than a cheap dipole, and based on my experience, I believe that's true. If your application is like mine, where the best position for the antenna is laid out carefully on the floor, then this antenna SHOULD survive being run over by a vacuum cleaner much better than a cheap dipole, but I doubt your reception will be any better!
Rating - Definite, significant improvement
I live in Ann Arbor, MI 35-40 miles from Detroit and most suburban Detroit signals are weak in my area. My home theater is in the basement, further challenging adequate reception. When I set up my Onkyo SR605 receiver with the included single wire antenna I could receive only the local Ann Arbor stations with some clarity - everything else was weak or had significant static. A powered FM antenna by Terk offered little improvement (the static just seemed louder). After reading these reviews I replaced the included freebie antenna with the C Crane FM Reflect and the difference has been substantial. A variety of setup configurations are included in the manual and I experimented with all of them (there were definitely differences in reception depending upon the direction each limb of the dipole was deployed) until I found the best one. The limbs of the dipole attach easily to a wall/ceiling with thumbtacks and I don't really notice the antenna in the corner of the room.
Bottom line: The reception is not perfect; there are still some weak stations. But across the FM band it is undoubtedly significantly improved. Now I receive a majority of the Detroit area stations with no to minimum static; I can actually use the tuner portion of the receiver which was previously not the case. Some tweaking of the position of the antenna and its two limbs is definitely necessary on initial installation. All things considered I can confidently recommend the product.
P.S. This is probably obvious to many of you but for the newbies remember that reception of a particular station may be improved by switching from stereo to mono mode - higher level receiver/tuners may even remember that mode for each specific station preset; for FM radio level of audio fidelity this doesn't make too much difference in listening enjoyment, especially if the alternative is NOT listening to that favorite station because of static.
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