If you compare DAB with FM signals, there is little difference. Even the most modest of mobile phones have an FM radio.
If you look at the sales figures for DAB radios, we are nowhere near saturation coverage of DAB and DAB+ systems at the moment. In this present time, thank the world for good old FM. Then I realised I wouldn’t be missing much of course, if I really wanted to listen to the new stations, there’s always the internet. On the said website, if found that the bit rates were… 32kbps and 64kbps! Not even as good as a crystal radio set. Hardly audiophile standard but slightly better than a compact cassette. An average sounding MP3 file for me is 128kbps stereo.
#Steve penk wind up channel upgrade#
Why in Hoddle’s name weren’t the original DAB receivers designed for MP3 as well as MP2? Then I read on the Radio Today website that they are trying to get people to buy more radios and upgrade more often.įor what? I read about how the bit rates were embarrassing, a grave concern for anyone who prefers to listen on headphones (like yours truly). DAB+ used MP3, like iPods, iPads, and iListenOnAnyOldJunkDevice has done for the last fifteen years. Then it dawned on me that the earlier – or more modern cheaper DAB receivers – were only compatible with MP2 audio, the original audio standard for Digital Audio Broadcasting stations. “Yippee!” I thought, “one step nearer to Chris Country and Penky’s station.” Then I did a search for my model on the Pure website.ĭAB+ would be DAB- in one corner of Chez Vall. Instead of showing Absolute Radio on the display on my usual station (BBC Radio Manchester), it showed the correct name. On Wednesday, I fired up the Auto Search setting on my trusty Bug (almost 11 years old and in rude health). Chris Country was definitely out, so my opinions on the Manchester digital multiplex’s selection was met with a “meh”. Then I realised the only one I would have been likely to listen to was Steve Penk’s Wind-Up channel. “Whoop whoop I thought,” thinking my erstwhile DAB receiver would benefit from a few new stations, using the DAB+ system.
(Creative Commons License: Attribution-Some Rights Reserved)īefore I went to bed, I learned about the possibility of more tasty radio stations coming my way. Personal musings on broadcast radio frequency changes
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