[BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.

[padrino]

Broadcasters' Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net> writes:
>In a message dated 03/25/2007 4:21:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>padrino at telos-systems.com writes:
>
>
>> Sadly, I'm disapponted in our fraternity of engineers who choose not to
>>  rally around new tech. If it has warts, then let's band together and
>make
>>  the lemonade. Color TV had issues when it rolled out, but those 'in the
>>  know' made it work. Had the internet existed when Color TV debuted, it
>>  would have been skinned-at-the-stake.
>
>
>Hello, Frank. I admire and highly respect you and your work with audio 
>processing! I think we have some disagreement over "IBUZ", tho. ;)
>
>
>Even if, "to-a-man" every single Engineer in the entire NA Continent were
>to 
>rally together, singing kum-ba-ya around some great campfire, praising
>this 
>system and laboring fast and furious to "make it right"... there's those
>pesky 
>Laws of Physics, again. This emporer ain't got no clothes. If lack of
>consumer 
>interest and response is mostly to blame for the death of AM Stereo, then
>what 
>chance does this monstrocity have?

First off, thank you for your support in processing.

I understand that we can't all agree on everything, and that's OK. 

This group is missing the real message here, and that is: Don't sell off
an idea or tech with absolutes. I understand the tech claims that are
being made against HD Radio. But, before we rely on the "law of physics"
claim, let's really be sure this is the case. Growth, of any kind, only
happens when the bar gets pushed, and innovators find ways/means to figure
out what 'others' claim can't be done.

I've noticed that the IBOC nay-sayers seem to respond with these long
dissertations about all of the ills. I sense that as your 'pain.' OK, OK,
now what can we do to ease the pain, yet know that the tech that's causing
your pain is not going to go away? There's an answer out there. I do not
profess to have it, but will try to find it.

If, in the end, it doesn't work, then we'll know that every effort
possible was put forth. Then, and only then, can we truthfully and
honestly judge the tech.

-Frank Foti