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Old February 5th 09, 04:05 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Dave Plowman (News)
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Default Internet radio - classical music, etc

In article ,
Rob wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
tony sayer wrote:
Perhaps that's the difference between us. I'm only interested in the
sound I hear in my room. I don't really care how it is unacceptably
degraded.


That I find a really odd attitude from someone who works as a sound
recordist;?..


No, IMHO, the correct one. It's the end result that matters - not what
equipment is used.


Rates of pay/unionisation/working
conditions/education-training-apprenticeships; equipment/process:
'green', efficient, effective, reliable, replicable, universal, under
review. And so on really. Tragic IMO - I'd have thought all these things
matter?


And what do they have to do with equipment?

I have noticed this 'what matters is what works' has become more
pervasive, although even Labour had the sensitivity/expediency to remove
the phrase from their policy docs.


Sigh. Perhaps I should explain again.

Those who moan about current 'DAB quality' are almost certainly listening
to pop music stations - as R3&4 have a just about adequate data rate for
the material they carry. Or at least during the times I listen to them.
And *every* pop and light music station is so heavily processed on all
wavebands that - to me - they are simply dreadful to listen to. Ones like
R2 the worst - given the amount of speech they transmit.
Of course it obviously doesn't offend others. People are not the same.

Rob


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