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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
I don't know if anyone has ever heard how bad DAB radio sounds, but when I had one, Radio 4 and BBC7 weren't even in stereo they were in 1950s style mono. Hardly progress if you ask me.
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Radio 4 (like Radio 1 and 2) is 128kbit stereo; Radio 3 is 160kbit stereo; Radio 7 is 80kbit mono. Given, however, that Radio 7 is a purely speech station, this is entirely acceptable for its purpose (most audiobook MP3s are 64k mono, by comparison). I have Radio 7 on all day, every day on DAB. I don't believe Radio 7 is stereo on FM, either, is it?
The whole point, though, of freeing up more bandwidth in the radio spectrum is to permit more stations, and at a higher bitrate. You've noticed, I'm sure, that the FM spectrum in the UK is currently so full that it's very often impossible to pick up one station without interference from those around it, especially in the evening.