[BC] Creating the right sound on HD

[Gary Glaenzer]

the question is not whether 'broadcasters can transistion'

the question is 'who will be listening after they p*ss off 800 million
receivers' owners by shutting down analog ?'

will those owners rush out an pay big bucks for a different receiver ?

or will they just say 'screw it' and let AM-HD rot on the vine ?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Somich" <jsomich at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 12:09 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Creating the right sound on HD


> Rah, Rah, Rah.
> Check out WJR when you are in The Motor City. ecchh!
> Processing will always make or break a station: analog OR digital.
> The processing may be different (and it is) but it is still very, very
> important.
> I have a gut (feeling) that in 20 years we will have forgotten all about
> analog radio.
> The BIG question is whether terrestrial broadcasters can transition to the
> new digital world.
> I have some doubts.
> If I thought HD radio sucked, I would be the first person to knock it.
> I have already pointed out how it has ruined a great AM analog signal in
> Cleveland.
> I wanted a separate band for digital radio. It wouldn't take much space on
> an unused TV channel. Too bad it never happened. But this is what we got.
>
>
> On 12/21/06, Kent Winrich <kwinrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jeeez James.  Look out!  You are going to be tagged a CHEERLEADER
> > now.  You have been assimilated!
> >
> > I have set up a few HD stations myself, and found that the processing
> > is much pickier than on analog.  Some of the Chicago CC stations have
> > done a great job.  Have not been over to Cleveland yet, but will be
> > heading to Detroit between Christmas and New Years.
> >
> > But the point is, processing is everything on HD.  There are some
> > pretty bad sounding HD stations out there with a lot of "digitalness".
> >
> > If you ever find yourself in the car, heading towards Ft Wayne, IN
> > try out WBOIs HD3 feed.
> >
> >
> > On 12/20/06, James Somich <<mailto:jsomich at gmail.com>jsomich at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > WNCX (CBS-Oldies) in Cleveland is set-up so that there is absolutely NO
> > change when the Sangean blends to HD. WGAR(CC-Country) sounds
perceptively
> > better in HD. This is not a big difference, but I think the improvement
is
> > appealing. WGAR also has the best sounding HD-2 (Classic Country) in the
> > Cleveland market. It has no competition on the HD-2 dial. The others
sound
> > underprocessed or not processed at all! Thin, dead, lifeless, boring.
> > WMJI (CC-Oldies) sounds very much the same in HD or Analog. Ditto WMVX
> > (CC).
> >
> > My Conclusions: HD radio has more sonic potential than the Cleveland
> > broadcasters are using (except for WGAR). I don't go in for these little
> > table radios with the micro speakers. The Sangean lets me hear
> > "everything."
> > And I don't hear a lot of digital artifacts on anybody's station.
> >
> > . . .
> >
> > HD is relatively cheap to implement and the public will gradually be
> > buying
> > radios that have HD capability. I don't think it is going away, but it's
> > not
> > going to be a revolution either.
> >
> > It has some warts, but it really isn't a bad system. And I was a
skeptic.
> >
> >
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