BBC Radio 3 begins 'HD’ broadcasts
Dec 14, 2010 at 6:27 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 3

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I thought a few people might be interested in this:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8200090/Radio-3-begins-HD-broadcasts.html
 
 
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BBC Radio 3 will be playing better music tomorrow morning – the Corporation’s classical station has become the first in the UK to broadcast full time in so-called “high definition sound”.
The improvements in audio quality are achieved by increasing the “bit rate” of the broadcast signal. Radio 3 is already broadcast at the highest quality of any BBC radio station, transmitted at 192 kbit per second. The new HD standard, however, uses 320 kbit/s. Audio on a CD is approximately 1400 kbit/s, but compression technologies for digital audio mean that 320 kbit/s is considered to be sufficient by many audiophiles.




 


 
Jan 2, 2011 at 12:01 PM Post #3 of 3
i listen to radio 3 on FM via my onkyo 9090II, the station is much 'quieter' than others, i guess because they don't pump their volume up (like classic FM).  The sound quality, and much of their programming, is brilliant. 
 

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