I think it's sadder that DAB is no better than internet radio - even Radio 3 is only 160 kbps, which is well below the rate used in DVB television broadcasts (usually 256 kbps).
In terms of quality, I think that most people struggle to hear the difference between lossless (whether 1411 or 700-ish FLACs) and MP3s above about 256, unless they have gone through lots of listening tests to enable them to spot the differences. Then, of course, you get people like me who just don't like the whole idea of compressing music, who put FLACs on their iPods knowing they will never tell the difference ;) On-topic again, there are some internet radio stations of reasonable quality, but I think that, in general terms, it's for background listening. FM is much better quality. -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost cables ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adamslim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7355 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30256 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
