Hurry, donate your obsolite non-DAB radios to Africa

http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/news/amnesty.shtml

--
Graham.



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Graham wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/news/amnesty.shtml


All my FM radios sound far better than my DAB radios, so why on earth
would they be obsolete?

Here's a couple of audio samples for you to listen to to see which is
the obsolete system out of DAB and FM (both recorded simultaneously on
21st June 2005):

http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/sa...guitar_DAB.mp2 (1.0
MB)
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/sa..._guitar_FM.mp4 (2.1
MB)

Thanks, but I think I'll stick with FM.


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Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info

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DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

Here's a couple of audio samples for you to listen to to see which is
the obsolete system out of DAB and FM (both recorded simultaneously on
21st June 2005):

DAB.mp2 (1.0MB)
FM.mp4 (2.1MB)

Whilst I don't disagree with your conclusion, that's hardly a fair
comparison, is it?

Whistler is better than Turner:

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haywain.jpg (6KB)

;-)

--
Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

Mark Tranchant wrote:
Turner:
haywain.jpg (6KB)

*blush* Constable, of course...

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Mark.
http://tranchant.plus.com/

If MP2 the form used to transmit DAB?

Paul DS.


http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/sa...guitar_DAB.mp2 (1.0
MB)
http://www.digitalradiotech.co.uk/sa..._guitar_FM.mp4 (2.1
MB)

Thanks, but I think I'll stick with FM.

In article , Graham
writes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/news/amnesty.shtml

I thought the batteries cost a years wages and that's why that baylis
bloke made the wind up radio for them.
--
Lee Donaghy

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Lee Donaghy wrote:
In article , Graham
writes


http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/news/amnesty.shtml

I thought the batteries cost a years wages and that's why that baylis
bloke made the wind up radio for them.
Practicalities like that would not be allowed to cloud the mind of the
ignorant fools who thought the scheme up. Another point e.g. I have 3 FM
only portables. I doubt they would work at the target locations.

"Graham" wrote in message
...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/news/amnesty.shtml


My FM radios are all staying put. I have not intention of paying over £100
per set to replace them with something worse than medium wave. When they
start broadcasting in AAC+ and each set costs a tenner then I'll reconsider.

And anyway wouldn't it be cheaper to manufacture new radios in Africa than
to refurbish the old ones ?

How much would it cost the BBC to carry away my old valve radio and ship it
to Africa ?

--
Graham.



%Profound_observation%

"Lee Donaghy" wrote in message
...
In article , Graham
writes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/news/amnesty.shtml

I thought the batteries cost a years wages and that's why that baylis
bloke made the wind up radio for them.

Well batteries for DAB radios cost most of our wages.

I wonder what at clockwork DAB radio would be like? It would need a spring
like a wind-up Gramophone.

--
Max Demian

Mark Tranchant wrote:
DAB sounds worse than FM wrote:

Here's a couple of audio samples for you to listen to to see which is
the obsolete system out of DAB and FM (both recorded simultaneously
on 21st June 2005):

DAB.mp2 (1.0MB)
FM.mp4 (2.1MB)

Whilst I don't disagree with your conclusion, that's hardly a fair
comparison, is it?


Those recordings were made simultaneously. The DAB recording consists of
the "raw" MP2 bitstream that is sent directly to my hard drive, so
assuming no bit errors in transmission then it is identical to the audio
that left the BBC. The FM sample was recorded on my PC's sound card and
subsequently encoded to high bit rate AAC so that the audio quality is
degraded by as little as possible.

So, I think it is a perfectly fair comparison.


--
Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info

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