On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:49:06 +0100, Silk wrote:

On 13/04/2012 19:27, Don Pearce wrote:
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:07:03 +0100, wrote:

On 13/04/2012 10:30, Don Pearce wrote:

It is to do with matching the technical quality of the broadcast
medium with that of the recorded medium. Current pop music with its
clipping, limiting and severely restricted dynamic range does not
require a high bit rate to carry it.

You are a clueless stuck-up old codger who obviously knows nothing about
modern music.

Clue: Modern pop music of the kind that features in the "charts" does
not represent quality modern music any more than a nursery rhyme
represents opera.

How little you know of me. I play in a band three nights a week.

If you were any good, you wouldn't be wasting your time on here. ;-)

I have a worthwhile day job. Is this really how you want to continue
this conversation? Think about it.

d