Ouch who turned it up?

Seems to me that more and more radio channels of Freeview have high levels,
much higher than most tv stations. Time was when only rnib connect radio had
this, but increasingly as more and more plump for mono, the volumes are
creeping up. Should they not at least try to balance tem with the tv?
Brian

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Brian Gaff wrote:
Seems to me that more and more radio channels of Freeview have high
levels, much higher than most tv stations. Time was when only rnib
connect radio had this, but increasingly as more and more plump for
mono, the volumes are creeping up. Should they not at least try to
balance tem with the tv? Brian

When digital first arrived, the EBU standard (or that's what it was known
as here) was to line up to 18 dB below peak (unlike with analogue, where
it was 8 dB below peak). The 10dB headroom being to allow for unavoidable
overmods which digital may not handle as gently as analogue.

And these levels continued to be used for digital TV sound transmission.
But commercial radio are always going to want to peak as high as possible,
so much of radio abandoned this. TV, in general, still sticks to it. And
yes, 10 dB difference is more than enough to annoy.

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Many of the stations are bbc local ones though, like surrey, London, three
counties, Essex etc.
Brian

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In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
Seems to me that more and more radio channels of Freeview have high
levels, much higher than most tv stations. Time was when only rnib
connect radio had this, but increasingly as more and more plump for
mono, the volumes are creeping up. Should they not at least try to
balance tem with the tv? Brian

When digital first arrived, the EBU standard (or that's what it was known
as here) was to line up to 18 dB below peak (unlike with analogue, where
it was 8 dB below peak). The 10dB headroom being to allow for unavoidable
overmods which digital may not handle as gently as analogue.

And these levels continued to be used for digital TV sound transmission.
But commercial radio are always going to want to peak as high as possible,
so much of radio abandoned this. TV, in general, still sticks to it. And
yes, 10 dB difference is more than enough to annoy.

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*When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

On Friday, 18 August 2017 03:51:33 UTC+1, Brian-Gaff wrote:
Many of the stations are bbc local ones though

You've been around long enough to know the BBC no longer stands for technical excellence.

Owain