thoughts on digital radio
Two things that are not immediately obvious about digital radio.
1. Not all DAB stations are national. You may be able to listen to Capital Radio in Brisbane over the Internet but you can't listen to Capital Radio on a? digital radio? in Inverness. This is because 'local' radio stations are still subject to UK broadcasting regulations which means they must remain local, even with DAB. Consequently, the range of radio stations? available on? DAB? isn't (quite) as wide ranging as you might expect.
2. The sound quality of FM radio is better than DAB. Tune the same radio station in on FM and DAB, turn up the volume and toggle between the two. The difference is quite marked. I used to think my ears? wouldn't be able to distinguish between an expensive Bang & Oulfsen system costing 2,000 GBP and an Alba record player. I was wrong.
separated at birth
The Killers - Smile Like You Mean It U2 - City of Blinding Lights Wonder if Brandon got up and played the piano when U2 recently supported The Killers.music for a (very) long car journey
There is nothing more tedious than a blog that starts:
Mood: Restless. Currently listening to: X&Y, Coldplay
However I have just burned a CD in ATRAC3Plus format using Sony SonicStage which contains 15 albums !
- The Killers - Hot Fuss
- Interpol - Antics
- Snow Patrol - Final Straw
- British Sea Power - The Decline of British Sea Power
- The Chameleons - Live at the Academy (2 discs)
- Morrissey - Beethoven is Deaf
- Radiohead - The Bends
- R.E.M - Reveal
- Ride - Nowhere
- Idlewild - The Remote Part
- New Order - Get Ready
- Interpol - Turn On The Bright Lights
- Nirvana - Never Mind
- The Chameleons - Strip
- The Fall - Psykick Dance Hall (3 discs)
There was even 3MB left free. I don't care that ATRAC is a lossy format. I am used to listening to bootlegs on TDK 90's that sound as though they were recorded in a bunker.