In article , Paul Martin
scribeth thus
In article ,
Andy Champ wrote:
tony sayer wrote:

But they promised us perfect reception free from crackles and hiss and
fading!.

And their was this CD quality issue...

LOL!

I've heard that 128k was the bare minimum, according to ofcom, and that
in no account should anyone use less. (anyone got the link?)

That doesn't explain why almost no-one uses MORE!

Channel 4's DAB MUX will use 96kbps joint stereo, or so I'm told.

Last time I heard that bitrate was on ITV1's audio description
channels, where it sounded foul. "Crunchy audio" is how I described it
at the time. ITV's AD is now 128kbps -- a minor improvement.

The BBC, for all their faults, run their TV channels with 256kbps
discrete stereo audio, even the AD soundtracks. (The "red button"
channels are 192kbps on DSat, as are their main radio channels on
DSat.)


Bayern Klassik on German satellite runs their audio services on 320
K/Bits, but 441 odd when their doing Dolby 5.1!..

128K is considered, well, OK for just info services using Mono speech...
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Tony Sayer