On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:44:29 +0100, David Kennedy
wrote:

Don Pearce wrote:

I bought one of the early Arcam DAB tuners (before it became
unlistenable). I believe it has four compression settings built in.
The idea was that all (and I do mean all) DAB broadcasts would be made
in full dynamic range, and you would choose the degree of compression
you wanted at the receiver. That, of course, lasted about 2 minutes
once the service started.


Reviving this thread for a moment, I think it's generally agreed that
DAB is not up to FM broadcast standards but how does satellite compare?
My brother in law is talking about using a satellite receiver for his
new system [wired in jobbie accessible throughout his new house].
Presumably the quality from the satellite would be better than the DAB
quality?

I don't have satellite myself, but from what I have heard of it, it is
a great deal better than DAB.

d