RE: DAB Radio

["Alex Clark" <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Jim - that's reassuring!

Alex.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Noble [mailto:yahoo-groups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 January 2007 19:28
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] DAB Radio


On 14 Jan 2007, at 12:15, Alex Clark wrote:

> I don't recall this being mentioned on UKHA - http://tinyurl.com/
> yyqdmp All DAB receivers will be obsolete in a few years' time

Anything you read on that website should be taken with a pinch of salt. The
guy running it seem to have a huge chip on his shoulder when it comes to
DAB, especially anything to do with bitrates and audio quality.

FWIW, the DRDB has this to say:

"The proposal being submitted to ETSI allows for the parallel use of
both
audio coding options and ensures that existing listeners and DAB digital
radios will not be disrupted and receivers which include the new high
efficiency codec will also decode all standard MPEG Audio Layer II audio
services. "

and

"In more developed markets where DAB has achieved significant
penetration
including the UK, Denmark and Norway, broadcasters intend to continue to
broadcast all digital radio stations using MPEG Layer II for the
foreseeable
future. "

Full text here:

http://www.drdb.org/article.php?id=526&from=lat

Jim