Curt962;660493 Wrote: > FWIW...I've spent more than my fair share of time listening to 192kbps > streams from Rhapsody...and have never found the format to make/break a > recording. The best recordings can be hobbled somewhat, but a bad > recording is always bad...regardless of format. > > For those recordings that pique my curiosity...I then want all I can > get, and a full resolution FLAC file works handily. Were I a > reviewer...using the best available source material would seem to be > the only way. Apparently this isn't always the case. > > Perhaps we shall never know....but if my packets are being carelessly > molested...I'm gonna be angry! :(
darrenyeats;660573 Wrote: > Internet radio sounds mostly poor to me. However, it can be done right > (BBC Radio 3 sounds better than most stations)...which makes me think > the problem is not INTERNET radio per se but RADIO. Frankly the SQ of > most stations whether via FM, DAB or Internet is poor. Compression is > an additional issue - some stations (e.g. Absolute) are worse than > others (e.g. BBC Radio 6, XFM) in terms of compression. > > As bad as internet radio bit rates are, I don't think they are the main > problem with radio SQ. Sad. > Darren I think that you gentlemen missed my point. It's not so much that internet radio "sounds bad" but rather that it uses a format (lossy compression) that is anathema to most of those golden eared audio reviewers and YET they still listen to it all the while obsessing over miniscule differences between pieces of equipment. Darren - the type of compression you're referring to (dynamic range compression) has been used by broadcaster for many years and stems from the fact that dead air (silence) and very quiet musical passages mean losing listeners so DR compression is applied to help ensure that the quiet passages are loud enough to be hear in an automobile, among various other reasons. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 (oops) -> Touch 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90496 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
