In article , Jim Lesurf
scribeth thus
In article , Dave Plowman (News)
wrote:
In article , James R
wrote:
Why bother with the radio when you can listen through a PC. As always,
if it is "digital" it's crap - so sounds like a Medium wave station on
a good day. Some stations are mono with low bitrates like the
"crystal clear" DAB system the UK was inflicted with. Worse than FM
stereo!

You may not have noticed that Mr Lesurf is mainly interested in
classical music and R3 uses a higher bitrate than other DAB stations.
Which will in most cases sound better than FM if you have a less than
perfect signal for that. Other option is a FreeView tuner for radio. Not
everyone will want a noisy PC in the room if they're doing serious radio
listening.

FWIW In recent years I have ended up preferring R3 via DTTV. This is using
systems which have decent FM tuners that allow me to do A/B comparisons
whenever I wish. IIRC I've summarised the reasons on this group more than
once, so won't recap.

Also, it seems to me at present at least plausible that decent stations
with mp3 rates of 192kbps or higher should not sound poorer than DTTV R3 -
provided of course that the broadcasters provide good source material and I
can get reliable 'reception'.

Hard for me to assess this at present as I'm just using my computer's DACs
and an application to act as tuner. If nothing else, I have reasons to
expect the computer part of that to be less than 'audiophile'. :-) But I
may well try out an 'internet radio' if my experiences in the next few
weeks make that seem worth exploring. At present I am simply exploring and
finding out what may be available.

Slainte,

Jim

U should get a satellite receiver Jim and hear what your missing..

All the ones we've got have got SPDIF outs..
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Tony Sayer