On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 14:06:37 GMT, "DAB sounds worse than FM"
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:11:45 GMT, "DAB sounds worse than FM"
wrote:

http://83.142.53.30/~digital/radio3_fm.mp4 (6.9 MB)
http://83.142.53.30/~digital/radio3_fm.mp3 (7.4 MB)
http://83.142.53.30/~digital/radio3_fm.flac (16 MB)

Obviously the best one to download is the FLAC file, because it's
lossless.

What is the source of the FM files here - they don't actually sound to
have the normal FM Optimod artifacts.


They were recorded off Radio 3 FM from my Denon TU260L tuner to my sound
card, then compressed to AAC, MP3 and FLAC respectively.

I think R3 FM only uses Optimod at certain times, but I don't listen
very frequently, so I might be wrong. Don't they use Optimod at
drive-time and then remove it / turn it down in the evening?

Heaps better than the other FM recordings, but not noticeably better
than the DAB, I'm afraid.

d

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