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Owain wrote:

"Robin Prater" wrote
| But you can also source some good radio on the Freeserve system where
| the audio quality is better than the DAB crap that's around.
| Although I would not disagree with a word of your good technical advice I
| must take issue on your description of DAB as crap! I have had digital
| radio for three years, in London we have 50 stations to choose from and I
| would not go back to listening on FM. My advice would be to buy a DAB
| receiver put up a good Band III aerial and enjoy real quality sound.

DAB is lower bitrates than Freeview and even the BBC has admitted that DAB
is no longer a high fidelity medium in an email that has been circulated on
the 'net.

Good FM analogue, when it happens, is probably the best broadcast sound, but
it still does not compare with good vinyl.


Yes. 60db S/N ratio at best on FM, up to 75 on vinyl, and better than 80
on CD and no scratches..:-)

You can up that to about 70 odd these days with the right modulator and
tuner. Bit academic all the same..

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Tony Sayer