dafa@ihuxa.UUCP (David Fay) (01/11/84)
I am toying with the idea of purchasing a SONY PCM Digital Audio Processor and videocassette recorder for use as a cassette deck. In sixteen bit mode this has a dynamic range of 96 dB. I know that this is greater than one can achieve with almost any other recording medium. This raises the question of where I can get material of high enough quality not to waste its capabilities. CDs are one possibility. But I am also wondering how good WFMT broadcasts are here in Chicago, especially the ones from CDs. Does anyone know what dynamic range I might get from a station like this? It would obviously depend on the distance from the transmitter, in my case about 2.5 miles, and the quality of my receiver, Pioneer SX-650. Is the PCM overkill for recording from the airwaves? -- David Fay ihuxa!dafa
jlp@inmet.UUCP (01/13/84)
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inmet!jlp Jan 12 17:46:00 1984
My understanding ( probably gleaned from one of the trades ) is that WFMT,
along with WGBH Boston, has one of the best FM signals in the country. If
that's true, you will probably get a very high dynamic range. The compression
is then limited by the spectrum content of the signal ( Help, FM heavies!).
After all, the FCC still does not like more than six overmods per minute.
The Organ Keyboard of
Jerryl Payne
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