Rabbit ears gave poor reception and needed constant adjustment. I Bought the Eagle Aspen about a month ago, installed it in the attic and reused the 20+ year old RG-59 cable and connectors. Reception is excellent on all three floors and I don't have to adjust a thing! I helped my dad install his Radio Shack antenna in March. Both antennas seem to perform equally as well, but his needs an amp and is wired with the better RG-6 cable and quality connectors (not bashing the Radio Shack antenna as it worked well also, but the antenna itself was 3 times the cost). So, if you are looking for a good antenna upgrade over rabbit ears that is fairly cheap then this is a great choice.