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agardiner · 9th Oct 2020, 2:13 pm

Personally I still love FM and I still listen to Radio Caroline on MW as well.

DAB has the potential to be quite good but typically we sacrifice quality for quantity. There is one independent station on DAB near me which is very good, broadcasting at 192Kbits. Most stations are a maximum of 128K J stereo, and many are only 80K mono. Whilst they can still sound respectable on a decent DAB radio, on the whole they are awful and I certainly can't stand them on headphones.

I am a fossil without the internet at home so long live traditional radio. Like others here I would rather give up the TV than radio. Interestingly my 10 year old BMW has a DAB/FM/AM/SW radio in it and often receives a number of shortwave stations!

As for all you internet radio fans out there, are you aware of an app called 'RadioGarden'? Obviously I don't have it myself but some of my colleagues do and it looks great fun. Pulls internet stations by using a world map that you can zoom into. Give it a try!

9th Oct 2020, 2:13 pm	#68
agardiner Octode Join Date: Sep 2020 Location: Thetford, Norfolk, UK. Posts: 1,741	Re: Is Radio as we know it obsolescent? Personally I still love FM and I still listen to Radio Caroline on MW as well. DAB has the potential to be quite good but typically we sacrifice quality for quantity. There is one independent station on DAB near me which is very good, broadcasting at 192Kbits. Most stations are a maximum of 128K J stereo, and many are only 80K mono. Whilst they can still sound respectable on a decent DAB radio, on the whole they are awful and I certainly can't stand them on headphones. I am a fossil without the internet at home so long live traditional radio. Like others here I would rather give up the TV than radio. Interestingly my 10 year old BMW has a DAB/FM/AM/SW radio in it and often receives a number of shortwave stations! As for all you internet radio fans out there, are you aware of an app called 'RadioGarden'? Obviously I don't have it myself but some of my colleagues do and it looks great fun. Pulls internet stations by using a world map that you can zoom into. Give it a try!