(Rembrandt Q. Einstein) wrote in message . com...
Hi all.

I've recently been going through something of a revolution in my
listening, following the purchase of a pair of remarkable Dynaudio
Contour 1.1 speakers, which have been a revelation in certain
respects.

Anyway, I now find myself listening to a lot of Radio 3, especially
the live concerts and programmes featuring 'avant garde' music. I have
been wondering if anyone on this group knows anything about the
technical details of the R3 broadcast chain. More specifically, what
CD players/DACS do the BBC use? What kind of digital processing does
the signal go through prior to broadcast, and is there any dynamic
compression applied (I'm assuming that there must be some...just not
as much as the 'pop' stations).

The rest of my system is Naim 72/Hicap/140 (would like a 250), an old
Sony ES CD player (still sounds about as good as any other CD player
I've heard), and a lovely old Sansui TU-710 analogue tuner (roof
aerial). Analogue (reception!) R3 seems to me to be the last bastion
of quality music broadcasting, and I regard DAB with a certain amount
of trepidation.


Okay....right.... thanks everyone for your interesting comments on the
merits/demerits of DAB (which I still don't like the 'sound' of).

However, does anyone have any information that pertains to my original
query, about the Radio 3 broadcast chain, and specifically what CD
players/DACS do they use and is there any compression?

Can we leave DAB for another thread please?

Thanks.