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Old December 13th 05, 07:06 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
DAB sounds worse than FM
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Arfa Daily wrote:

I'm actually not even sure just what the advantage of DAB is over
conventional FM, from a user's point of view. Yes, agreed that you can
receive lots of different programmes, but how many people never move
their car radio off their favourite local or BBC programme ? If the
OP's partner just wants some background music whilst at work, I would
have thought that a little FM radio would have been just fine. I
really don't think that you will tell the quality difference between
DAB and FM, unless using very high quality 'phones or earbuds, and is
that the point anyway ?



I'd have thought the headphones would have to be really bad not to be
able to hear the difference between DAB and FM, because the vast
majority of DAB stations simply sound crap.



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