"SFTV_troy" wrote in message
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Peter Larsen wrote:
wrote:
Frankly I'm a bit surprised at the reaction. There's currently a
transition from analog to digital broadcasting, and there will be some
growing pains, but it's only temporary. The Digital radio will
provide better sound than the current analog (like squeezing 5.1
surround into the current FM bands).
What is it that makes you assume that digital radio will be
ACTUALLY better than FM directly off the air?
For the same reason why Digital satellite radio, or digital internet
radio sounds better than FM. Better encoding of the signal yields
better sound.
Digital internet radio sounds better than FM? How? Are you talking about raw
technology or current practices? Because FM done right can sound spectacular
(it is practically never done right).
On the other hand, bit rate reduction using perceptual coding is lossy, no
matter how you slice it. And if it becomes a competitive thing like FM
broadcasting, it won't be "done right" either. They will compress the
dynamic range and clip the snot out of it, just like FM.