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Old October 1st 07, 02:52 PM posted to rec.audio.tech,rec.audio.car,rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
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Default YES Virginia, 24 kbit/s can sound good (with HE-AAC codec)


Earl Kiosterud wrote:

The frequency response sounds like that of FM, but it
has that swishy sound of compressed audio.



That's a fair assessment. I find it comparable to the constant
background "hiss" that plagues FM.

I guess it's a good thing AM-HD stations broadcast at 40 kbps then.