[BC] Can we now have a serious discussion about audio, quality??

[dean tiernan]

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Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 15:55:42 -0700
From: VideoPaul at aol.com
Subject: [BC] Can we now have a serious discussion about audio
	quality??
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In a message dated 12/23/2005 2:49:45 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
lists at loudandclean.com writes:
   Performance in full digital is the real "pig in a poke" about
HD as developed by Ibiquity.  As I read their white papers,
when we (the industry) turn the analog off, the _existing_ IBAC
carriers get turned up, and we get to add additional IBOC
carriers where the analog was, but at a lower level than the
IBAC carrier groups.

   This means that the receivers must be able to receive
'interleaved' carrier groups, where a lower-first-adjacent
interferer will have it's high-level upper IBAC carrier group
within the area where the desired station's low-level IBOC
carriers will be.

*************snippage happened for length***************

 HALF of the eventual bandwidth 
to--as silly as it seems--AUDIO!  I was told that there were so many 
opportunities to sell data that this wasn't considered to be an real concern.

I then asked the real land mine question:  If there might be any way 
for some poor, misguided broadcaster whose understanding of the 
industry were so hopelessly out of whack that he wanted to actually 
deliver BETTER audio to his audience would be able to dedicate more 
than the 96k of audio that Ibiquity felt was adequate.  The entire 
room heard the answer:  No, that was not being worked on in any way.

Okay, rant mode off.  Flame away, I got big shoulders.

--Paul Strater



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Let me just say this about that, my broadcast career has recently taken a 
certain retail turn (hopefully just for the holiday season). 

I can tell you this, for the consumers I see, its all about the content. 
I'm selling Sirius receivers and 75% of the sales are due to Howard, I have
had ONE customer ask about audio quality (out of hundreds). 

The interface, the reception, the number of channels and Howard, these are selling
receivers. (Do you hear this iBiquity???) Receivers.

Broadcasters, its all about the content s******, out of all my Dish or Direct channels, 
I only have 40 or so "favorites".

-- 
Dean
www.Audicy.net
www.DeanTiernan.com