[78-L] CBC radio

[David Lennick]

On 10/23/2011 2:27 PM, DAVID BURNHAM wrote:
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> dl also wrote:
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> I also have no problems with
> the audio quality on that idiotic so-called classical station in Toronto ......
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>
> I can't possibly agree with this statement;  the level of compression on that station is painful to listen too.  You hear a loud clear oboe solo and the following tutti is swallowed up.  A loud bass drum will swallow the rest of the orchestra;  and their musical standards are hopeless.  As an example, we were promised Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.....after these messages.  These messages went on for around 5 minutes and then we heard the end of the last movement of the Concerto - the equivalent of the last side of the Heifetz/Barbirolli recording.
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> db

Since I only tune in to that station briefly out of desperation and when I'm in 
the car, I'll accept DB's assessment. But their compression and high end boost 
used to be far worse before Moses Znaimer bought the station..similar to what 
scratches my eardrums on CBC-2. The Corp may also be boosting everything 
because of the old problems of sending a signal from the Maritimes all the way 
to BC, and Giggling Gertie's program does indeed originate down east, but the 
audio on Tom Terrific out of Toronto isn't any better. Since he gives time 
checks, I presume he also does it an hour early, live to the Maritimes, and 
then the equipment bounces it back to each time zone.

dl