I hear a lot of radio (it's what I do) and I've not heard anything as
blatantly obvious as the program material on 88.4
Sure, some stations may be using compressed formats, but whether it is
just poor quality song files or some kind of phase issue with the
station's stereo encoder, it is not something I'd want to listen to.
I don't know if the operator of the station concerned is a member on
here but if not, someone who may know of them might like to pass the
comments on. They may of course not be aware of the issue.



--- In LPFM_Radio@..., "Gavin Stephens" <gstephens@...>
wrote:
>
> I could say same thing about every station on the dial appart from
concert.
>
> I think most of them still use MP2 not MP3 encoding. Then of course
more encoding for satellite links etc... I hear the artifacts in
anything less than 256Kbps, which is why I stopped using MPEG
altogether a few years back. These days it makes no real sense using
it appart from digital STL's and the Internet etc... as a streaming
solution.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: wireless.radio
> To: LPFM_Radio@...
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 12:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [LPFM] For the Whangarei people
>
>
> Not sure I can agree with you there. I am not aware of TRN or
> Mediaworks ever using low bitrate mp3s in their on-air servers and
> their processing, although sometimes aggressive, should not allow
> overmodulation or distortion.
>
> --- In LPFM_Radio@..., "Richard \(lists\)"
> <rich_lists@> wrote:
> >
> > Same comments could be aimed at TRN and mediaworks and be just as
> correct ;)
> >
> >
> >
> > From: LPFM_Radio@...
> [mailto:LPFM_Radio@...]
> > On Behalf Of wireless.radio
> > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 9:38 PM
> > To: LPFM_Radio@...
> > Subject: [LPFM] For the Whangarei people
> >
> >
> >
> > I don't know who is using 88.4 there, but your on-air program sounds
> > awful. My guess is you are playing VERY low bitrate mp3 files. The
> > phasing and anti-aliasing effects are hideously obvious. Add to this
> > the distortion that is occurring most of the time, probably due to
> > over-modulation, and you have something that's really bad to
listen to.
> > I am posting this not to criticise, but for your benefit so that you
> > may improve your operation.
> >
>