[BC] What is "better?" HOW do we get there?

[Goran Tomas]

--- At 21.1.2006 11:51, Barry Mishkind wrote: ---
>         It would seem that, at least for the near future,
>         upgrading the codecs is not a viable option.

So you can't increase bandwidth, you can't change codec... It doesn't 
look to me there's a lot left you _can_ improve on!

Haven't followed the discussion you mention, but what about the new 
codec that is backwards compatible with the current one? Those who 
bought the old radio listen to the same quality they were listening 
before (or perhaps somewhat reduced quality) and those who buy new 
radios enjoy better sound? Unless I'm missing something, that could 
work and would be simple and transparent to the end user. It would 
also drive new radios sales.

And another question if anyone can answer it - why isn't the current 
IBOC codec aacPlus v2, but some derivate that seems to sound not as 
good. At those bitrates, every bit counts (literally)! So why not go 
with the best possible of what we have today?


Regards,
Goran Tomas