peterw;457713 Wrote: 
> It'd be nice to see a citation for that comparison. Who says FM is ~
> 96k? How'd they decide that? 
> 

Attached is an interesting link that states:
You can estimate the approximate Audio information [1] content of FM by
using the bandwidth and dynamic range. FM pretty much tops out at about
15K and the dynamic range is about 70db. Each bit represents approx 6db
so we need just under 12 bits and a sampling rate of 30K.

Thus = 12 x 30,000 x 2 (2 channels) = 720Kbps (CD is 1411kbps) that is
uncompressed

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f133/radio-bitrates-366117/ 

Seems to me that FM would need at least 128kbps with MP3 to achieve an
equivalent.  Why limit oneself streaming when a higher quality can be
achieved (if not for bandwidth constraints)


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