[BC] IBOC AM Quality

[Bailey, Scott]

I don't know of any Rush or Hannity female fans under the age of 45 in
this neck of the woods.

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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Craig Bowman
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 2:05 PM
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Subject: Re: [BC] IBOC AM Quality

Not if she is a Rush or Hannity fan!  She will turn it up to hear 
through the static.  It's content, content, content!  And for the 
record, a 25 year old female is no more sensitive to audible sound 
pressures than a 25 year old male.  The male hearing does not 
demonstrably change until he reaches his 40's.

Craig Bowman


Bailey, Scott wrote:
> Well said Cornelius! The typical, bubbly, perfect, blonde female, 25
> years old will scream "bloody murder" if she hears an AM Radio!
>
> Scott
>
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> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Cornelius Gould
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 12:44 PM
> To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [BC] IBOC AM Quality
>
> 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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