[BC] digital delays revisited

[Rich Wood]

------ At 12:39 PM 12/7/2005, Barry Mishkind wrote: -------

>As the rollout of the Boston Acoustic radios reaches the point where 
>some stations now have two (or more - if they have grant to cover 
>the costs) digital receivers, a new apparent problem has emerged: 
>The "lockup" points of different digital radios are not "exactly" 
>the same.  So ... for those who have taken great pains to get the 
>delay right for blending on their radio .......

In my extensive wanderings with an HD Radio I didn't find the delay 
to be a problem. I was ready to hear 8 second differences between 
analog and digital. I didn't. In most cases I didn't hear much 
difference at all between analog and digital. I blame that on 
stations processing both the same.

I hope people aren't going to use the Boston Acoustics radio as a 
monitor or reference. If the HD version is based on the analog 
version its response is bottom heavy with a limited high end. If you 
set your processing for it, anyone with a Kenwood or Yamaha will find 
fine crystal shards all over the place. Even coffee mugs will 
shatter. Since no one has one or plans to carry it here (90 miles 
from Boston), I can only assume the everything is the same except the tuner.

The analog version is a wonderful, if modest fidelity, radio. Great 
selectivity and sensitivity. I can even hear WOAI faintly in the 
noise nearly 1700 miles away.

Rich


Rich Wood
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