tony sayer wrote:
In articleRradnRpNvJ9diD_RnZ2dnUVZ8oGdnZ2d@brightvie w.co.uk, David
scribeth thus
Don Pearce wrote:
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
I would have thought so. Satellite TV is much better than freeview so I
would expect a similar difference with radio. However without knowing...


Its better than DAB with the exception of BBC Radio 3, both satellite
and T-DTV and T-DAB are at 192 K/bits MP2 for that.

It could be more and should be more, but the BBC aren't going to let it.
Quite why I don't know. It might show them up that T-DAB is worse that
Satellite.

Some European broadcasters manage 256 K and some 320 and even as in the
case of Bayern use 441K for surround but the problem I fear is in the UK
engineers aren't or don't have any clout at the BBC.


True.

There was a experimental 320 K AAC service for the proms on the web, but
I don't think it will become permanent.

Satellite could if they would do it!. At least almost all the UK
population could receive it, whereas the web is very variable over the
same area..


The joke is that the TV sound on Sat and T-DTV is at 256 K MP2 ;!...

Not a very funny one though.

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David Kennedy

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