From: "Ralph Smeets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> With 90% of the population that doesn't even hear the difference between
> an FM broadcast and a CD, I bet that's not a big problem.
I beg to differ, but given a good strong signal and no perceptible
interference, a VHF FM stereo broadcast could well be superior quality
to an MD recording. I am of course assuming the station does not do
stupid things like compress the amplitude to make the music sound louder
so as to grab the attention of more listeners. [On medium-wave AM some
compression would be acceptable to me, especially at night when the band
changes from a few dozen miles range to a couple of thousand miles and
some 2 megawatt blaster in russia is doing quite well at making a small
local station five miles away become unlistenable].
I can't remember whether the VHF FM multipex filter is 18khz or 22khz,
but either way with a good aerial and a really strong signal, and of
course a damn good tuner, my thoughts are it could beat MD quality. Of
course most people listen to the radio on, well a radio, not their hifi
seperates and then MD will almost certainly be better.
PrinceGaz.
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