On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:00:45 -0800, SMS
wrote:

I would caution you against falling in with the likes of Mr. Farce who
has demonstrated his lack of knowledge about broadcasting in general and
digital radio in particular.

Disclosu I'll classify myself along with Mr Farce, as my knowledge
of broadcasting ended in about 1972. I know just enough to be
dangerous.

I was doing some Googling the codec and found this item for 2003.

"Last-minute change casts doubt on U.S. digital radio spec"
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4045254/Last-minute-change-casts-doubt-on-U-S-digital-radio-spec
The National Radio Standard Committee (NRSC) questioned the
audio quality of iBiquity's original low-bit-rate PAC codec
in May and then suspended its standards-setting process,
with committee members bluntly saying they did not consider
the audio quality of the proprietary 36-kbit/second codec
fit for prime time.

Oops. Well, that's been fixed, but the early history of the codec
selection is rather interesting.

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