Rfburns wrote:
Anyone know why iBiquity AM radio "Hybrid Digital" sounds so bad? I
don't want to refer to it as "High Definition" because it's certainly
not.

It's has a strange distortion that sounds as if the speaker is under
water. That's not the best description but it's the only one I can
come up with.

Also, at what point does AM "Hybrid Digital" turn into AM stereo?
I've yet to hear it.

This whole HD radio thing is so bogus.


Too low a bit rate, and possible high error rate where you're listening.

They're trying to squeeze 10khz of audio into a 3 khz bitstream.

Depending on the talent of the engineering staff at the radio
station, it's generally going to sound poorer than you've been led to
expect.