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    1. O

      DAB+

      SBR on or off depends on which DAB transmitter you look at on digitalbitrate. Yorkshire says SBR On while Cambridge says Off, but then Cambridge also says both SBR and PS Off for Scala at 40kbps which I simply don't believe as it would sound dire at that bit rate without them. Also these are...
    2. O

      DAB+

      I agree it's likely to be a minor audio difference if any. It will probably depend on the listener and equipment used, and personal preference may play a part. Certainly 64kbps AAC is better than I feared, but it could go down in future. But Classic FM have been heavily advertising this as...
    3. O

      DAB+

      In my case the email address is still current. I've tried the forgotten password option on Digital Spy as well and that gets me no password reset email. If creating an entirely new account as you've tried doesn't work either, presumably that means Digital Spy will gradually die since people...
    4. O

      DAB+

      There's a thread for this on Digital Spy: https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2450408/classic-fm-dab/p10 I'd like to post there too, for example to point out Classic FM was originally 192kps MP2 right at the start (they've said it wasn't). But my login appears to have expired and three...
    5. O

      DAB+

      Looks like Classic FM have gone for 64kbps AAC (higher than any other DAB+ station I can find): https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php?mux=11D&cpid=607977471&live=183&sec=0&lang=en That's almost certainly a downgrade in audio quality compared to 128kbps MP2 used previously. AAC is a good codec...
    6. O

      [tunefix-update] Automated Freeview channel updates

      Have ITV really got rid of all their +1 channels? (or reduced them to 2 hours a day)
    7. O

      Developers' corner

      Executables are always bloated on the MIPS cpu. It's because it doesn't implement register score boarding, with that technique on other cpus if an instruction uses a register before a previous instruction has generated the result in that register the cpu stalls. On the MIPS it's up to the...
    8. O

      Constant Break-up on FreeView HD Channels (Fixed for now...)

      No, there is no means of doing that.
    9. O

      HDR Fox T2 lockups

      OK so I'm reading these replies as: it's relatively normal to have a few lockups a year and not necessarily a sign of impending hardware failure.
    10. O

      HDR Fox T2 lockups

      Both my HDR Fox T2's have always done very occasional lockups, about once a year. But it's becoming more common, I'm now on one every 3 months on one of my boxes. Last time it was stuck with "Cust FW 3.13" on the front panel. Do we know what this is? Is it firmware or have I got some...
    11. O

      Constant Break-up on FreeView HD Channels (Fixed for now...)

      Yes I've had two instances of breakup on all HD channels. I knew it wasn't the HDR Fox T2 as my Sony TV showed the same thing. Most recent instance is in Planet Earth III recording on 26 Nov. It's very annoying, I've had perfect reception for years.
    12. O

      DAB+

      Sometimes Scala sounds OK (I've been doing more listening), sometimes it doesn't. The more complex the music the worse it sounds, I'd hate to hear something like a Bach fugue with all the parts playing at once or the finale to A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (which is a fugue).
    13. O

      Official Humax Firmware 1.03.13 (HDR-FOX) / 1.03.03 (HD-FOX)

      I finally bought an Apple TV 4K (2022) to provide me with iPlayer and other UK free to air catchup services. My smart TV became a dumb TV when Sony stopped doing updates for a device only 8 years old (at the time they stopped) and that left me with nothing that could do iPlayer.
    14. O

      DAB+

      I've been listening to Scala on DAB+ at 40kbps AAC stereo this evening, I have plenty of signal strength on that mux. There's definitely some weirdness, foreground sounds are OK but concert hall ambience has weird clunks and thunks or funny tonal shifts that occur at all sorts of odd times. The...
    15. O

      DAB+

      It is. But there are three banks A, B and C so I'd have to store all three. And the user interface for storing stations on this 1997 era Sony tuner is so baroque I cock things up more often than managing to store the station I want, even when following the (poorly written) instructions in the...
    16. O

      DAB+

      My parents have a serious aversion to any of that kind of equipment that sits there listening to you all the time. And to be honest so do I. Plus you haven't seen my parents in action, they can screw up anything with technology in it. The simpler the better. I once got a call from my mum about...
    17. O

      DAB+

      Good point, Classic FM on DAB is indeed 128kbps Joint Stereo which compresses more easily. If the streaming MP3 is straight stereo that might explain why it doesn't sound as good. I'm not up for that kind of challenge. And I can imagine my dad's response along the lines of "why do we need all...
    18. O

      DAB+

      No bit rate for Classic FM on DAB+ has yet been stated. I suspect we won't find out until it goes on air. DAB+ can use either AAC-LC (Low Complexity) or AAC-HE (High Efficiency). For "High Efficiency" read "completely throws some stuff away and just plain guesses what should be there on...
    19. O

      DAB+

      I listen to a wide range of music from lots of sources. Classic FM is one of them, as is Radio 3. But also so is Metallica on multi channel DVD-Audio.
    20. O

      DAB+

      An FM tuner and a modest hifi amp don't consume much power. Now everything is going digital power consumption of basic things like listening to the radio is going up quite considerably. But my mum has made it clear that having the radio on all day is non negotiable.
    1. O

      DAB+

      SBR on or off depends on which DAB transmitter you look at on digitalbitrate. Yorkshire says SBR On while Cambridge says Off, but then Cambridge also says both SBR and PS Off for Scala at 40kbps which I simply don't believe as it would sound dire at that bit rate without them. Also these are...
    2. O

      DAB+

      I agree it's likely to be a minor audio difference if any. It will probably depend on the listener and equipment used, and personal preference may play a part. Certainly 64kbps AAC is better than I feared, but it could go down in future. But Classic FM have been heavily advertising this as...
    3. O

      DAB+

      In my case the email address is still current. I've tried the forgotten password option on Digital Spy as well and that gets me no password reset email. If creating an entirely new account as you've tried doesn't work either, presumably that means Digital Spy will gradually die since people...
    4. O

      DAB+

      There's a thread for this on Digital Spy: https://forums.digitalspy.com/discussion/2450408/classic-fm-dab/p10 I'd like to post there too, for example to point out Classic FM was originally 192kps MP2 right at the start (they've said it wasn't). But my login appears to have expired and three...
    5. O

      DAB+

      Looks like Classic FM have gone for 64kbps AAC (higher than any other DAB+ station I can find): https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php?mux=11D&cpid=607977471&live=183&sec=0&lang=en That's almost certainly a downgrade in audio quality compared to 128kbps MP2 used previously. AAC is a good codec...
    6. O

      [tunefix-update] Automated Freeview channel updates

      Have ITV really got rid of all their +1 channels? (or reduced them to 2 hours a day)
    7. O

      Developers' corner

      Executables are always bloated on the MIPS cpu. It's because it doesn't implement register score boarding, with that technique on other cpus if an instruction uses a register before a previous instruction has generated the result in that register the cpu stalls. On the MIPS it's up to the...
    8. O

      Constant Break-up on FreeView HD Channels (Fixed for now...)

      No, there is no means of doing that.
    9. O

      HDR Fox T2 lockups

      OK so I'm reading these replies as: it's relatively normal to have a few lockups a year and not necessarily a sign of impending hardware failure.
    10. O

      HDR Fox T2 lockups

      Both my HDR Fox T2's have always done very occasional lockups, about once a year. But it's becoming more common, I'm now on one every 3 months on one of my boxes. Last time it was stuck with "Cust FW 3.13" on the front panel. Do we know what this is? Is it firmware or have I got some...
    11. O

      Constant Break-up on FreeView HD Channels (Fixed for now...)

      Yes I've had two instances of breakup on all HD channels. I knew it wasn't the HDR Fox T2 as my Sony TV showed the same thing. Most recent instance is in Planet Earth III recording on 26 Nov. It's very annoying, I've had perfect reception for years.
    12. O

      DAB+

      Sometimes Scala sounds OK (I've been doing more listening), sometimes it doesn't. The more complex the music the worse it sounds, I'd hate to hear something like a Bach fugue with all the parts playing at once or the finale to A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (which is a fugue).
    13. O

      Official Humax Firmware 1.03.13 (HDR-FOX) / 1.03.03 (HD-FOX)

      I finally bought an Apple TV 4K (2022) to provide me with iPlayer and other UK free to air catchup services. My smart TV became a dumb TV when Sony stopped doing updates for a device only 8 years old (at the time they stopped) and that left me with nothing that could do iPlayer.
    14. O

      DAB+

      I've been listening to Scala on DAB+ at 40kbps AAC stereo this evening, I have plenty of signal strength on that mux. There's definitely some weirdness, foreground sounds are OK but concert hall ambience has weird clunks and thunks or funny tonal shifts that occur at all sorts of odd times. The...
    15. O

      DAB+

      It is. But there are three banks A, B and C so I'd have to store all three. And the user interface for storing stations on this 1997 era Sony tuner is so baroque I cock things up more often than managing to store the station I want, even when following the (poorly written) instructions in the...
    16. O

      DAB+

      My parents have a serious aversion to any of that kind of equipment that sits there listening to you all the time. And to be honest so do I. Plus you haven't seen my parents in action, they can screw up anything with technology in it. The simpler the better. I once got a call from my mum about...
    17. O

      DAB+

      Good point, Classic FM on DAB is indeed 128kbps Joint Stereo which compresses more easily. If the streaming MP3 is straight stereo that might explain why it doesn't sound as good. I'm not up for that kind of challenge. And I can imagine my dad's response along the lines of "why do we need all...
    18. O

      DAB+

      No bit rate for Classic FM on DAB+ has yet been stated. I suspect we won't find out until it goes on air. DAB+ can use either AAC-LC (Low Complexity) or AAC-HE (High Efficiency). For "High Efficiency" read "completely throws some stuff away and just plain guesses what should be there on...
    19. O

      DAB+

      I listen to a wide range of music from lots of sources. Classic FM is one of them, as is Radio 3. But also so is Metallica on multi channel DVD-Audio.
    20. O

      DAB+

      An FM tuner and a modest hifi amp don't consume much power. Now everything is going digital power consumption of basic things like listening to the radio is going up quite considerably. But my mum has made it clear that having the radio on all day is non negotiable.
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