[BC] Equipment Question

[Mike McCarthy]

I concur.  I have been using Tie-Lines to back-up my AM's primary STL's for 
a couple years now.  On most AM's, you can not differentiate between the 
T-1, program loop, 950 STL and the Tie-Line.  FM, the warts of the 
compression start to show. (But hey, you're on the air...aren't you??) I 
proved that to a few golden ears who said they could hear a difference.  In 
a random test, I had them switch between A and B.  They could hear the 
switch, but could not tell the difference once the AGC had settled after 
switching between the two sources. Nuf said....

We do use ISDN for the FM's to keep the stereo imaging.  However, Tie-line 
has a stereo option.

MM



At 07:36 AM 1/14/2006 -0600, Mark W Earle wrote

> > As I stated, the station is in SW Connecticut. The GM wants to carry
> > a LIVE
> > program from Northern New Jersey. He has a friend who is a DJ that
> > wants to be
> >  on the station.
> >
> > Obviously, POTS is out due to the poor quality for continuous music
>
>I dunno. If you use Tielines, they do pretty well for music - mono, one
>POTS line. You can install two modems, use two lines, and get stereo. We
>use these for sports and live broadcasts from a club. Works very well.
>Somewhat Price. We have Commander G3's. Tieline offers a number of
>upgrade options, and some new over IP codecs/ products you might look in
>to. If you have broadband at both ends, that might permit IP.
>
>
> >
> > programming
> > A Windows Media Encoder or Shotucast stream MIGHT work, but the lag
> > is a
> > b*itch.
> >
> > Any other ideas? These guys are on a tight budget. Any idas, tips or
> >
> > suggestions are appreciated.
> >
> > You may email me off-list if you  wish!
> >
> > Thanks
> > Paul B. Walker, Jr.
> > _www.walkerbroadcasting.com_ (http://www.walkerbroadcasting.com)
> >
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