[BC] HD2 is here in Albuquerque

[Robert Orban]

At 05:31 PM 2/4/2006, you wrote:
>From: "Bruce Doerle" <bdoerle at mail.ucf.edu>
>Subject: Re: [BC] HD2 is here in Albuquerque
>To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Message-ID: <s3e4f058.064 at mail.ucf.edu>
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>Bob,
>
>I am listening to KZRR-FM HD2, it sounds a bit over compressed to me.  I 
>thought that the advantages of HD would provide for more normal play of 
>the original material.  What are your thoughts?

I just tried to listen to it. I can connect to the stream but there doesn't 
seem to be any modulation at the moment. (I verified that I could connect 
to, and hear, a few other stations in the list.)

Regarding processing of stream in general, I expect that, at the very 
least, streams will be processed for source-to-source consistency. Some 
high-energy formats are complemented by heavy compression. But there is 
absolutely no need to do the level of overprocessing that is all too common 
in major market FM today. In particularly, there is no need for the excess 
peak limiting that adds nothing to the "color" of the sound other than 
making it distorted and fatiguing to listen to.

Bob Orban