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SMS wrote:

I have no dog in this fight. It does not affect me financially whether
or not digital radio succeeds or fails.

It may not affect you financially, but you clearly have a dog in this
fight in terms of your ego, because you keep saying the same wrong
things over and over again, apparently in a desperate attempt to have
people agree that you're right.


But it's disappointing to see so
many of the anti-digital radio folks rely on myths and lies rather than
on facts and logic.

Forget the out-and-out trolls (and it's disingenous of you to neglect
to mention the pro-IBOC ones); there are plenty of neither-pro-nor-
anti-IBOC folks who are simply trying to discuss the topic. (And btw,
note my change to "pro-IBOC" and "anti-IBOC"; it was awfully arrogant
of you to apply the sweeping term "anti-digital" to people who have
concerns about a single digital radio format, namely IBOC. Especially
when several of them have explicitly said that they would be perfectly
happy to see a *good* digital standard. So please, drop the sweeping
generalization, okay?)

A number of people here have attempted to have reasonable discussions
with you using facts and logic, yet you either completely ignore them
(such as John Higdon's postings) or you just toss back the same wrong
information again and again (such as that multipath is a major annoyance
to analog FM radio listeners).


Most of those so opposed to digital radio are not opposed to it for any
valid technical reason, they are opposed to it philosophically.

There you go again, equating concerns about IBOC with some kind of
sweeping unwillingness to accept any kind of digital platform.


With any debate it's important not to lump those that have valid
concerns in with people like our favorite anti-HD troll.

Or our favorite HD troll? Surely you aren't going to lose further
credibility (not that you have much at this point) by neglecting
to admit that there are pro-IBOC trolls on these groups, too?


It would be
nice if those that do have valid concerns about digital radio a) did
research rather than demanding that others do it for them, and b)
verified their statements prior to posting them.

Oh, you mean like actual working broadcasters who have hands-on
experience with digital radio that you don't want to hear about?

What sort of research have you done on digital radio besides reading
online articles? At how many stations have you implemented an IBOC
system and gotten firsthand knowledge of its benefits and challenges?
How have you dealt with its effects on the entire audio chain, or
with phone calls from CEs at other stations about interference within
their protected contours? Please, enlighten us about your real-world
research. As the old saying goes, it's time to put up or shut up.


Their consistent
reliance on suspect information undermines their credibility, causing
people not to take them seriously.

See that mirror over there? You might want to go look in it...


Patty