On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:40:05 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article 498d6859.225789953@localhost,
Don Pearce (Don Pearce) wrote:
It was laid on for an IBS meeting taking place at Pebble Mill. I don't
know which came first - but Birmingham bull ring is (was?) notorious for
poor FM reception. Could have been the same coach - it was said to have
state of the art aerials and receivers for both DAB and FM.

Sounds the same - 12 seater minibus?

No - a full sized one. 40? seater. There would have been a riot if it had
been small given the attendance at IBS meetings in those days. As it was I
think they had to do two trips to cover everyone. So the hospitality would
have taken a bashing during the wait. ;-)

The day at Kingswood Warren included an inspection of the encoding
kit, which occupied a serious amount of rack space back then. Also I
got chatting with the audio research chaps and had a good nose around
the audio labs and listening rooms. I got my first listen to a really
well implemented sub there, and it inspired me to build mine.

One particularly interesting thing was two adjacent rooms. They
measured identically for reverb time at all frequencies, but one was
well diffused while the other had large areas of flat wall. The
difference in sound between them was astounding, particularly the
stereo image, which was pin-sharp in the diffuse room and almost
unlocatable in the specular one.

d
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