Scott,
Which digital radio services have you tried, and how is the fidelity compared to good fm? My only experience with this was years ago, when I signed up for a cable tv service because they had several dozen digital music-only channels sorted by format. It came with its own converter box but I was also able to run it through an outboard processor. Problem was, the fidelity was so poor regardless of processor that I just gave up on it. It was literally unlistenable, vastly worse than even mediocre fm. I was wondering if things have improved since then, or whether I was just unlucky with my particular provider.
If you have any experience with the new satellite-based services, that would be especially interesting as we do not have cable out this far. I'm just curious whether any of these services even deliver a signal comparable to redbook cd, or if they have sacrificed the bandwidth so badly that there is no hope.
Which digital radio services have you tried, and how is the fidelity compared to good fm? My only experience with this was years ago, when I signed up for a cable tv service because they had several dozen digital music-only channels sorted by format. It came with its own converter box but I was also able to run it through an outboard processor. Problem was, the fidelity was so poor regardless of processor that I just gave up on it. It was literally unlistenable, vastly worse than even mediocre fm. I was wondering if things have improved since then, or whether I was just unlucky with my particular provider.
If you have any experience with the new satellite-based services, that would be especially interesting as we do not have cable out this far. I'm just curious whether any of these services even deliver a signal comparable to redbook cd, or if they have sacrificed the bandwidth so badly that there is no hope.