On 22/04/2019 09:18, mm0fmf wrote:
The issue with DAB is it is an old crappy codec that doesn't compress
the audio as well as modern codecs do. In order to maximise profit,
signals are encoded at very low bit rates and strangled bandwidth to
squeeze more in. So you get the worst of both worlds perfectly
reproduced crap audio and no way to in-situ upgrade to better codecs.

Someone calculated that intelligible speech could, if tokenized, be sent
down a 50bps channel. I.e imagine reduing it to text or sylalables
sending that, and re synthesing a voice at the other end.




It is completely bogus. But hey never mind the quality... look at the
choice of stations.Â* Just that they all sound ****e.

Even FM **** is now ****e as the Beeb doesnt bother sampling its own
feeds internally at high rates.



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