Oh bravo, just like the original ad. I like this idea, a lot.
these days she would be in a bikini....
Oh bravo, just like the original ad. I like this idea, a lot.
There is a long write up about it on Jim's site
Yes. People can find it at
http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/BBC/Flac/LackAlas.html
My impression is that the 'engineers' side at the BBC would like to do it. But the 'suits' feel any advantage isn't currently worth having to make changes.
The irony for me is all the messing about devoted to " BBC !Zounds" instead.
these days she would be in a bikini....
Yes. People can find it at
http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/BBC/Flac/LackAlas.html
My impression is that the 'engineers' side at the BBC would like to do it. But the 'suits' feel any advantage isn't currently worth having to make changes.
The irony for me is all the messing about devoted to " BBC !Zounds" instead.
I find the 320k internet stream superior to FM.
It’s nice to have silent backgrounds etc but much like dab I sometimes feel it takes the life out of the sound. Even 320 sounds compressed. Both sounds have flaws.
I find the 320k internet stream superior to FM.
On your system, maybe, but surely this depends upon the tuner, not to mention aerial and various other synergistic factors.
Dear Del Monaco,
You hit upon the precise point. If we measured the noise floor of DAB or 320 sac streaming I bet they would be better than VHF FM. If we measured the audible frequency I bet both would be wider than VHF FM. As yet there is no measurement for the visceral quality of a solo soprano, or the silky muted violin or the reedy bassoon! And so on. Measurements don't quite fathom the difference between music and a signal generator!
I think that VHF FM broadcasting has a quality that makes a whole evening listening to a concert on Radio Three a lot more inviting than any streaming or DAB I have yet heard. Some may listen for wide bandwidth [of audible frequency], or silence from back-ground hiss. I am only drawn to these aspects if there is an obvious shortcoming in practice. But a flat lifeless quality is hardly inviting. I was listening to some Bach Organ music on the Troughline in the last few days, and I thought to myself it had drifted off station a bit. A quick twiddle showed that the electric organ blower was making a sizeable contribution! That I would call poor microphone technique at the first stage! I have never been aware of organ blower noise in real life!
Its all for fun in any case so I hope this thread brings more pleasure than annoyance!
Best wishes from George
Dear Jim,
PS: I have some wonderful tape recordings [live Radio Three relays of concerts] from VHF in the 1980s, which sound as well balanced and accurate as to instrumental timbre as commercial recordings of the era.