On 02/01/16 16:25, Owen Smith wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2016 4:10 PM > Subject: Re: 320kbps radio audio available via MPEG-DASH > > >> As far as I know no-one has ever been able to tell the difference >> between CD and DAB let alone higher bitrates in double-blind testing. >> DAB is not in any sense inferior bitrate-wise though otherwise its a >> complete con. >> Tom > > Rubbish. At the current 128kbps MP2 that is used for DAB, it sounds > pretty awful on good hifi. All life has been squeezed from the music, > it just sounds dead. Comparing to CD is hard because you don't know > what CD they're playing. > > What I have done is compared Radio 2 FM vs. DAB vs. 128kbps AAC > internet, and I can assure you the DAB is clearly the worst sounding. > The FM vs. 128kbps AAC internet are different, neither is better or > worse and it does depend on how good your FM feed is. > > I can do the FM vs. DAB comparison double blind, because my Arcam > FM/DAB tuner has a button to switch between FM and DAB last stations. > If I press it many times very quickly and don't look at the display I > lose track of which it is playing and there's nothing to give it away > if I cover the display with cardboard. Then I listen, make decisions > about the sound, and remove the cardboard. I can always tell which is > DAB and which FM, with the exception of Radio 3 when it's DAB is > running at 192kbps MP2 and then I can't tell which is FM or DAB. Which > clearly demonstrates the problem with DAB currently is the bit rates > are far too low. > Please could we not have a golden ears debate here. Just stick to the facts of what is available and how it can work or be used with GiP. Alastair.
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