I used to hear the electronic chattering in the background of Classic FM's MP3 stream (128kbps), it was so intrusive I listened to FM instead even given the difficult reception conditions I had. Analogue hiss was more tolerable. Classic FM seem to have changed their encoding a couple of years ago, the electronic chattering is gone and their MP3 feed now easily beats my bad FM reception.
-- Owen Smith <[email protected]> Cambridge, UK > On 18 Aug 2017, at 13:32, Simon Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Peter, > Thanks for putting me right about the needs of some people for better than > 96kb/s. It was something of which I was totally unaware. > Rgds > Simon Morgan > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: get_iplayer [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Peter Corlett >> Sent: 18 August 2017 12:55 >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: World Service podcast bit rates > > >> <SNIP> > >> Not everybody perceives and comprehends speech the same way; it is >> known that people on the autistic spectrum have difficulties separating >> speech from background noise even when they have otherwise excellent >> hearing, for example. >> At low bitrates, high-frequency components are mangled by MP3, >> introducing errors that manifest themselves as sibilance, pitch shifts, >> and in extremis an electronic "chattering" in the background which can >> be quite distracting. >> >> If your hearing and brain are able to filter out the artifacts, well, >> good for you. Others aren't so lucky and need higher-bitrate audio to >> be able to hear and enjoy it properly. The BBC presumably agree, given >> they now make 320kb/s audio available. > > <SNIP> > > -- > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > SPAMfighter has removed 645 of my spam emails to date. > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > Do you have a slow PC? Try a Free scan > http://www.spamfighter.com/SLOW-PCfighter?cid=sigen > > > _______________________________________________ > get_iplayer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer _______________________________________________ get_iplayer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/get_iplayer
