[cma-l] AM for CR

[Associated Broadcast Consultants]

Super idea Alex - return of the "Great 208" complete with fading on DAB!
Might have quite a niche and ageing audience though!

It can be done - here's one we prepared earlier on our DAB Quality
Comparisons <http://a-bc.co.uk/audio-quality-comparison-dab-pcm-fm-am/> -
AM simulation starts at 5:13 just after the AAC 12kbps demo.  It used the
"Reaper" AM simulator preset.

Glyn

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Glyn Roylance - Principal Consultant
Associated Broadcast Consultants <http://www.a-bc.co.uk/>







On 18 February 2016 at 11:43, Alex Gray, Two Lochs Radio <tlr at gairloch.co.uk
> wrote:

> Sure enough, it’ quite funny, but I don’t see a big contradiction.
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> The public was sold DAB initially on a promise of “CD quality sound”
> (which of course was an unpunished act of wilful misrepresentation), and it
> is still sold on a promise of freedom from hissing, fading, crackling and
> other interference,  so it’s fair to assume that a good proportion of those
> buying DAB radios are factoring in expectations of high-quality
> interference-free sounds, and will rightly be satisfied by 80kbps mono MP2.
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> And it’s also apparent that there are quite a few people who have a
> nostalgic affection for AM sound ‘quality’, and even some for whom it
> actually provides the best reception option away from mainstream VHF
> coverage. Unfortunately, no broadcaster is going to be too keen to keep
> shelling out for expensive maintenance and electricity to keep such systems
> going for the few in return for no extra income. (In contrast to what has
> happened with the huge revival in vinyl records, where there is money to be
> made.)
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> It does occur to me thought that with the increased capacity on a national
> DAB+ multiplex, if there is unsold space maybe there is scope for an oldies
> station to provide an alternative service that has a simulcast of its main
> programme reprocessed into lo-fi AM soundalike, complete with 4.5kHz
> roll-off, fading and phasing, interference at night….
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> J
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> Alex
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> *From:* cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk [mailto:
> cma-l-bounces at mailman.commedia.org.uk] *On Behalf Of *David Duffy
> *Sent:* 17 February 2016 23:39
> *To:* The Community Media Association Discussion List <
> cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk>
> *Subject:* Re: [cma-l] AM for CR
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> It's funny really because, here we have expressions of a romantic
> attachment to crackly AM. Yet elsewhere I hear an indictment of DAB
> multiplex operators who broadcast music stations at 80kbps mono. There's a
> strange, contradictory and unsatisfiable constituency out there.
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> On a pragmatic note, an illicit love affair with AM holds us back. An
> intransigence to sacrifice digital bit rate to introduce more variety and
> choice of services holds us back. We need to move forward and that
> sometimes means taking a leap of faith. Embracing the less certain.
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> The future of radio lies not in the past but in the road ahead.
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> David
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> www.theradiopeople.co.uk
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> On 17 Feb 2016, at 12:04, Canalside's The Thread <office at thethread.org.uk>
> wrote:
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> Another good point                    Radio Luxembourg 208 metres in 1975
> when I was 16, under my bed sheets on a cold winters night listening to Bob
> Stewart playing Ms Grace by the Tymes        oh the memories
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> Wrighty
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