WHAS-AM 840 - No More IBOC!
On Dec 29, 12:16 pm, "Bob Campbell" wrote:
"Dave" wrote in message
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AM used to sound good, before digital tuners and 4 kHz ceramic filters,
and finally IBOC. You used to be able to transmit music and make it sound
good. Now the corporations are clueless, as usual.
You also have to remember that the music that *was* broadcast on AM was
recorded and mixed on equipment that perfectly matched the sound of AM.
Not much bass, virtually no treble but lots of midrange. Listen to records
from the 20s thru the mid 50s and you will know what I mean. Then FM (and
better recording equipment/tape) came along and people started caring about
Hi Fidelity.
Today's recorded music sounds terrible on AM because it is recorded/mixed
with digital, full fidelity playback in mind, and *maybe* FM. AM is not
even considered these days.
Believe me, I have tried. I have several different AM transmitters here,
and *many* good, wideband AM tube radios. OTR and music sounds fabulous,
but modern recordings sound like crap. AM simply does not have the
bandwidth or dynamic range that modern recordings demand.
That's absolutely crap
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