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Old January 23rd 08, 07:48 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
tom k in L.A. tom k in L.A. is offline
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Default iBiquity HD Radio Status

On Jan 23, 5:54*am, David wrote:
tom k in L.A. wrote:

On Jan 22, 9:49 am, Rfburns wrote:
Anyone know the current status of the HD radio implementation that has
been forced upon us? *How many receivers were sold during the Xmas
season? *How many new stations have started or terminated
transmitting? *How long will it take fior the noise to stop, etc?


jw


no, but i did listen to the new sony hd tabletop radio at the store in
manhattan and it sounded awesome. *it was the 1st time I truly heard a
difference and it was substantial.


The audio compression gets fatiguing after a few minutes. *After an
hour, you're ready to kill.


i hear you there...compressed audio is fatiguing