[BC] dueling algorithms and audio quality

[Mark Croom]

I finally got to try something this year that turned out pretty well.

My station (analog studios and chain) began broadcasting from a remote site
instead of using our co-located facility; I installed a 950 MHz Moseley
Starlink system to carry the audio out there.

I bought a not-to-powerful processor that I expected would be my backup
processing at the studio for our (now) aux transmitter, with the intention
of moving my multiband analog system out to the transmitter site. Then one
night I had a forehead slapping moment as I was thinking through the whole
issue of trying to maximize those available bits in the Starlink.

Duh, I left the multiband box in front of the STL, and sent fully processed
audio out to the new site. I put the single rack-unit brand O box out there
to function as overshoot compensation and stereo generator. Worked great and
I think the station sounds pretty decent partially because we're filling as
much of the available 16-bits in the STL as I can with my available
equipment.

I still have composite output at the studio to feed my aux transmitter. I
was a little slow on the uptake for this but it was a good realization once
it finally dawned on my feeble mind.

Mark
MN

On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Broadcast List USER
<Broadcast at fetrow.org>wrote:

> Then enemy of good enough is perfect.  In my opinion, 44.1 kHz 16 bit
> linear is just good enough for broadcast.  It isn't perfect, but for
> car listening it is more than enough.  For critical listening at home,
> maybe not, but we have the restrictions of the mediums (AM & FM).
>
> --chip
>
>