Interesting how many people, even people with presumed gadget interest, have convinced themselves that HD Radio is inherently superior to FM. FM radio, if you're lucky enough to have a good source (meaning live music) is the highest fidelity medium available to home users: better than CD, SACD, LP, even professional open reel tape. HD is compressed sound that has all of its juice extracted. Get the difference? If you can't, it's because your FM radio was made to the same crappy standard as the HD Radio. It's true that brain dead FM engineers process the sound to within a inch of its life, but I wouldn't assume they're providing a cleaner feed to the HD transmitter.
"It's true that brain dead FM engineers process the sound to within a inch of its life, but I wouldn't assume they're providing a cleaner feed to the HD transmitter."
It's not us FM engineers... It's the program directors who whine to the managers who force us to squeeze the life out of the audio. Because, after all, the loudest station on the dial always wins, right? NOT!
FWIW - HD radio is a solution looking for a problem.
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Interesting how many people, even people with presumed gadget interest, have convinced themselves that HD Radio is inherently superior to FM.
FM radio, if you're lucky enough to have a good source (meaning live music) is the highest fidelity medium available to home users: better than CD, SACD, LP, even professional open reel tape. HD is compressed sound that has all of its juice extracted. Get the difference?
If you can't, it's because your FM radio was made to the same crappy standard as the HD Radio. It's true that brain dead FM engineers process the sound to within a inch of its life, but I wouldn't assume they're providing a cleaner feed to the HD transmitter.
"It's true that brain dead FM engineers process the sound to within a inch of its life, but I wouldn't assume they're providing a cleaner feed to the HD transmitter."
It's not us FM engineers... It's the program directors who whine to the managers who force us to squeeze the life out of the audio. Because, after all, the loudest station on the dial always wins, right? NOT!
FWIW - HD radio is a solution looking for a problem.