In article <YvidnZyq4cW7f97XnZ2dnUVZ8kudnZ2d@brightview.co.uk >, Ian
Smith wrote:
> I don't agree with you in terms of quality. I have an excellent
> sound system and I've never managed to get anything that gets near
> hiss-free on FM.
>
> This is very much like the vinyl v CD discussion. Vinyl have me
> crackly playback, oven on a good deck and with a new pressing. CD
> gave me click and pop free playback - no matter what any HiFi mag
> says, the 'quality' of my CD experience is higher.

Hiss, the presence or absence of, is not the only measure of "quality".
The hiss on FM is simply superimposed on the sound, and doesn't alter
what it sounds like. Digital sound with bit-rate reduction is quite a
different situation.

The comparison between FM and DAB is nothing like the comparison
between gramophone recordings and compact discs. The digital bit rate
on CD is about 10 times the best rates we are now using on DAB and is
not subject to any destructive bit-rate reduction.

Rod.
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