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Roger Thorpe wrote:
John Phillips wrote:
On 2009-02-12, Adrian C wrote:
John Phillips wrote:
I speculate that the acceptability of processing may possibly be
related to whether the music has an "acoustic reference" or not.
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Yes. The genre actually doesn't matter. You have to postulate both
the existence of an "acoustic reference" and experience of it.
Otherwise how do you explain the listener figures for Classic FM (a
station I cannot bear because of its processing). A station for those
who never listen to live classical music?

Well, there is an argument for all that processing if you're in a car.

One of the features of DAB - but not IIRC ever implemented - is the
ability to reduce the dynamic range for noisy environments like in car -
or for late night listening.

But the adverts .............. Roger Thorpe

That's how commercial stations get their income. Surprisingly. ;-)

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