[cma-l] DAB

Martin Steers martin at martinsteers.co.uk
Tue Dec 12 15:12:38 GMT 2017


Dab+ is getting there, I dont have the data of total DAB ownership to hand.
But here are the recent DAB+ from the recent DRUK update event.

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On 12 December 2017 at 14:26, Associated Broadcast Consultants <
info at a-bc.co.uk> wrote:

> Yes - 80k mono sounds reasonable (ish) and is maximally compatible with
> radio sets.  DAB+ is only available on a proportion of the radios out there
> - not sure if anyone knows the proportion - say 50% at a guess?   Obviously
> 48k stereo will sound better than 32k stereo.  I'd guess the carriage
> charge is more or less proportional to the data rate required - so you have
> a choice to make there.
>
> If you are interested, you can listen to samples of the different formats
> on a Blog we did a 2 or 3 years back.
>
> http://a-bc.co.uk/audio-quality-comparison-dab-pcm-fm-am/
>
> Regards,  Glyn
>
> Glyn Roylance - Principal Consultant
> Associated Broadcast Consultants <http://www.a-bc.co.uk/>
>
>
>
>
> <http://www.a-bc.co.uk/index.html>
>
> On 12 December 2017 at 12:53, Ray C <rayc1066 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> May I just say thank you to Bill and many others who replied to my email
>> with regards to help with business rates, I am very grateful, this just
>> goes to show how useful being a CMA member really is, with great like
>> minded people on here its truly like one big team so thanks to Bill and the
>> team for doing a grand job.
>>
>> So Asian Star has just been granted its  DSPS license as we have decided
>> to go digital, we are nearly there but are slightly confused on which
>> platform to go on we have been offered 32k DAB+ stereo , 48k DAB+ stereo
>> or 80k mono?
>>
>> Can any expert out there shed some light on which one will be best for us
>> please. I feel DAB 80k Mono is the best way forward as Dab + just isnt
>> widely available enough yet. Your thoughts would be great.
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Ray Siddique
>> Asian Star Radio
>>
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