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In article , Keith G
writes

"Jim H" wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 09:41:51 -0000, Tim S Kemp
wrote:

"pmailkeey" wrote in message
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Why ?

Why restrict one's sources to a local transmitter when the Internet
provides global digital radio & tv ?

1. Try getting high quality internet radio in your car without an
expensive
and not-dependable GPRS subscription

2. Try getting the same in your pocket

3. Try getting broadband internet out in rural areas (other than
satellite)

I should imagine all these will be easy in 5 years, making DAB a minor
stopgap while we wait for better things.

As is the way with all things 'digital' - it's called 'progress'.......

(!!!???)

Ya hafta fekkin' larf....... :-)

Cry more like with the UK implementation of Dab:-((
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Tony Sayer

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:55:49 -0000
"Keith G" wrote:

I should imagine all these will be easy in 5 years, making DAB a minor
stopgap while we wait for better things.

As is the way with all things 'digital' - it's called 'progress'.......

Continuous rapid improvement?

count me in!

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In article , Ian Molton
writes
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:55:49 -0000
"Keith G" wrote:

I should imagine all these will be easy in 5 years, making DAB a minor
stopgap while we wait for better things.

As is the way with all things 'digital' - it's called 'progress'.......

Continuous rapid improvement?

count me in!

Not as far as DAB radio is concerned. That is the downside of
digital....

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Tony Sayer

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:06:11 +0000
tony sayer wrote:

Not as far as DAB radio is concerned. That is the downside of
digital....

it'll improve though - its not like its incapable of better data rates - and they can transmit any data, its only a serial stream... (why mpeg layer 2 audio baffles me though...)

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In article , Ian Molton
writes
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 17:06:11 +0000
tony sayer wrote:

Not as far as DAB radio is concerned. That is the downside of
digital....

it'll improve though - its not like its incapable of better data rates - and
they can transmit any data, its only a serial stream... (why mpeg layer 2 audio
baffles me though...)

Really?, Better data rates?, is been a downward spiral since it started.
Stations in Mono at 64 K/bits?, not my idea of quality.
MP2 was about the only thing around at the time and one of its great
shortcomings ins the fixed codec's in use;-(
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Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article , Ian Molton
writes
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:55:49 -0000
"Keith G" wrote:

I should imagine all these will be easy in 5 years, making DAB a
minor
stopgap while we wait for better things.

As is the way with all things 'digital' - it's called 'progress'.......

Continuous rapid improvement?

count me in!

Not as far as DAB radio is concerned. That is the downside of
digital....

That ain't the only downside, believe you me - as you're 'local' I will
repeat (yet again) that Shiny Nigel from A N Audio (St Neots) stood with his
mouth hanging open the first time he heard my valves and vinyl and said
'what have we done to audio for the last 30 years - we've only made it
WORSE' (or words to that effect and that was a few 'generations of decks and
carts and phono stages ago!)!!!* And he's tit-deep in audio gear including
Krell** (from time to time) amd JBL Paragons***!

'Bout time a few people round here woke up and realised that 'digital
everything' is being ground down globally to make it easier to lift Joe
Public's wallet and true 'audiophiles' are paying through the nose just
trying to make sense of it.

Explanation - £40 DVDP vs. £4,000 CDP.......!!?? How TF can that make any
sense? (Doesn't even make sense with turntables where at least you see where
the workmanship has/hasn't gone into the product!)

*Maybe it was just the music - the crap he brought round here for me to, er,
'sample' wasn't up to much I can tell you!

**Not that I thought much of it - I only use that as an example as people
(who should know better) can be impressed by it.

***Nor these (at £2,800) for that matter - they've still got these in, go
and see for yourself just how bland they can sound....