Re: The real problem with this thing

so it is /designed/ for FM? That's encouraging because mostly that is all I really need from it, only all my experiments so far have yielded only AM-quality sound, but it's good to hear because it means there's /hope/ and so I'll just keep hanging in there until an FM recipe surfaces :)

Yes, because the dongles provide digital TV (via hardware) and as an extra selling point, analogue FM radio (provided via the SDR.)

I don't know what platform you're on or what your goals are, but I hear the SDR# program for Windows offers excellent stereo FM support, as it's one of the few programs that can deal with the ~120kHz bandwidth needed for a WBFM signal.

Cheers, Adam.