Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-02-01 Thread david_f1976
Soulkeeper;603881 Wrote: I've listened a little bit to Radio 6 Music. In addition to the over-compressing on everything, the host's voice 'ducks' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking) the music, which wouldn't be so bad if the attack and decay weren't so fast, or if the host didn't talk so

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-31 Thread slackhead
Soulkeeper;606160 Wrote: I recently received a tip about a station where the DJs have enough respect for the music to keep their mouths shut while it's playing. At least most of the time. Dandelion Radio is the name of the station, and it's not bad at all. A lot of alternative, strange,

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-28 Thread Soulkeeper
I recently received a tip about a station where the DJs have enough respect for the music to keep their mouths shut while it's playing. At least most of the time. Dandelion Radio is the name of the station, and it's not bad at all. A lot of alternative, strange, interesting and challenging sounds

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-25 Thread Soulkeeper
Not many, I'm afraid. Radio Blagon Ambient (French pop/folk) Death Metal Radio (death metal) All Songs Considered 24/7 (various) NRK Urørt (Norwegian underground bands) These stations have no DJs talking at all, which is even better IMO. If anyone has more suggestions, it would be

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-25 Thread Robin Bowes
On 25/01/11 14:19, Soulkeeper wrote: Not many, I'm afraid. Radio Blagon Ambient (French pop/folk) Death Metal Radio (death metal) All Songs Considered 24/7 (various) NRK Urørt (Norwegian underground bands) These stations have no DJs talking at all, which is even better IMO. If

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-22 Thread slackhead
Soulkeeper;603881 Wrote: I've listened a little bit to Radio 6 Music. In addition to the over-compressing on everything, the host's voice 'ducks' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking) the music, which wouldn't be so bad if the attack and decay weren't so fast, or if the host didn't talk so

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-20 Thread rbl
Sure - but I don't expect the BBC to sounds better than CD, I just don't expect it to sound dramatically worse than (an already bad) CD as it does on BBC1,2. -- rbl rbl's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-20 Thread Phil Leigh
rbl;603858 Wrote: Sure - but I don't expect the BBC to sounds better than CD, I just don't expect it to sound dramatically worse than (an already bad) CD as it does on BBC1,2. Radio 2 on FM doesn't sound too bad most of the time. It helps that the music they play (unlike R1) is mostly older

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-20 Thread Soulkeeper
I've listened a little bit to Radio 6 Music. In addition to the over-compressing on everything, the host's voice 'ducks' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducking) the music, which wouldn't be so bad if the attack and decay weren't so fast, or if the host didn't talk so much during the songs. As it

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-19 Thread slackhead
Radio 1 and Radio 2 both sound appalling (particularly Radio 1). Main reason, I believe is that the feeds are very heavily processed through multi-band compressor/limiters. That combined with the over-processed and maxed out nature of most recent recordings results in a most un-listenable

[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-15 Thread rbl
I am just wondering why the sound quality on BBC radio in London is so bad when compared to CD? The bass is awful as is the treble. This is true for my Quad FM tuner, my DAB tuner, BBC iPlayer (using the higher qulaity AAC feed). This is not a bit rate thing - I would much rather listen to a 128

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] BBC iPlayer, sound quality

2011-01-15 Thread rbl
I am using AAC, Live only. But this is not a bit rate thing. The BBC must process the sound in some awful way before sending it via internet, FM and DAB. They all sound terrible compared to CD. A CD encoded at 128kbit (or even a much lower bit rate) AAC sounds very good to me. -- rbl