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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
You're obviously very lucky to have a high signal strength, the fact remains that the standard is totally obsolete and much higher quality audio could be achieved in the available bandwidth with modern codecs.
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Largely obsolete because the broadcasters have spent years arguing about who should fund what rather than getting on with building a network with full coverage. Over time they have crammed in more and more services, reducing quality to do DAB on the cheap.
Do you really think that DAB+ will bring higher quality audio? It could, just as higher quality audio is possible with basic DAB. It's far more likely that DAB+ will result in even more poor quality streams at even lower bitrates made possible by the improves codecs. The public don't seem to mind, research shows that they prefer quantity and increased choice to high quality audio.
This problem isn't unique to DAB. Broadcasters will save on bandwidth costs by using low bitrate streams on all platforms and on the internet.
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Prepare to throw your DAB receiver in the trash when the current transmissions are abandoned.
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DAB and DAB+ can co-exist, so nothing needs to be thrown in the trash. Basic legacy DAB equipment simply won't receive DAB+ radio stations. With the rate of progress we are used to in the UK don't expect a rapid migration to DAB+, it could take decades.