Re: DAB digital radio - Sharp FVDB1 £49.99 at Richer Sounds. Bargain?


Richard L wrote:
> In message <6SWQe.1973$w4.826@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> "DAB sounds worse than FM" <dab.is@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > And if you want to test audio codecs, try testing music rather than
> > bloody train noises!
>
> An audio codec which couldn't do train noises properly would be no
> good for drama, documentaries and features.


An audio codec which cannot do signals rich in harmonics (sontest5.wav,
which MP2 is "intolerable" at 128kbps) cannot do music. I'm sure it's
great for train noises though, which is obviously the main reason audio
codecs are developed.

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