[BC] AM Fidelity vs FM fidelity...

Alex Hartman goober at goobe.net
Sat Jun 23 10:54:29 CDT 2012


Don't think that's been the case since day 2 of FM broadcasts when the
"loudness wars" started.

Now days, look at any album produced. I don't think i'd want to put a
majority of them on my air without some kind of processing (as the
albums are over-processed and overdriven to begin with!).

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Alex Hartman

On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Burt I. Weiner <biwa at att.net> wrote:
> From: Rob Landry <011010001 at interpring.com>
>>So, then, the answer to my earlier question is that "fidelity" == frequency response.
>
> The term "High Fidelity" goes back to the idea of the word, "fidelity", meaning faithfulness.  What comes out is a faithful reproduction of what went in.  I believe this is no longer the case in FM broadcasting.
>
> Burt
>



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