[BC] IBOC AM Quality

[Cornelius Gould]

A perfect example is my wife.  She HATES the sound of AM from typical
radios.  She refuses to listen to it.  It drives me nuts when its a talk
show I'm interested in, but what are you going to do?

Anyway, my point is if I can tune to a HD-AM station, and turn the volume
down til the HD side locks, and then turn it up, she won't complain, because
the "sound" of AM isn't there...that is, until I drive under a high tension
line, which rolls the radio back to AM, and then she screams "IS THIS AM?!?!
I HATE THE SOUND OF AM..."

Us as radio folks, and folks who love radio can have a warm place in our
hearts for the sound of Ancient Modulation, but the general public does
not.  The sound of AM, with all its buzzes and crackles is far more annoying
to most folks than compression artifacts.

Folks like us sometimes wish it were the other way around, but "progress"
marches on, and people's expectations from their audio entertainment changes
with the "progress".

-Cornelius


On 3/23/07, padrino <padrino at telos-systems.com> wrote:
>
> I think you're missing my point. Most of us, in the biz, are too close to
> it, and we can hear the various 'ills.' Most consumers will not hear the
> anomolies that are debated in these threads. Considering that, the greater
> majority of consumer listeners have noticed, what they perceive, as
> improved audio quality on HD-AM, as compared to conventional AM.
>
> -Frank Foti
>
> Broadcasters' Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net> writes:
> >
> >
> >--- padrino <padrino at telos-systems.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> Odd...That is not the reaction I have received from
> >> radio listeners about
> >> AM. Their common complaint is that the audio is
> >> dull, in comparison to FM,
> >> CDs, or even records, when those were popular. Not
> >> to mention that most
> >> people do not like static interference that affects
> >> AM.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >My Zenith "High Fidelity" has a wide enough AM to be
> >almost as good as the FM section. It MAY be. I just
> >don't have any station that simulcasts AM and FM.
> >There will be static. However, if the thunderstrom IS
> >severe enough, you WILL INDEED hear the static on FM.
> >I'd expect IBOC tu belch in that case.
> >
> >> Even though there is no free lunch, in any tech, HD
> >> on AM is perceived by
> >> *most* who hear it as an improvement over
> >conventional AM >audio.
> >
> >That's true if you listen to a muffled radio.
> >
> >
> >> I support Jim's original comments, as those parallel
> >> what I have heard
> >> from casual consumers who have heard HD on AM.
> >>
> >> -Frank Foti
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >I hear artifacts on the MW IBOC. It's better than the
> >muffly AM on the Accurain.....but....
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Powell
> >
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