ALi-B

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Is is just me, or does anyone else find the excessive audio compression/quantisation annoying as hell?


I mean, who thought that a poor quality 96kbps mp3 sound sample was acceptable for a national TV advert?

Leslie

I agree.

It is just the same on the amateur radio bands. Some people wind up the compression until it is painful to hear. Makes them less understandable too.

Les

f1_fan

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Just about anyone who has been brought up in an age where iPods and the likes are considered 'hi-fi' sadly!

Jaybird-UK

hasnt bothered me at all

ALi-B

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I don't why, but whenever I hear a guitar or piano recorded at a low bit rate, it makes my teeth ache (probably because it makes me grind my teeth from cringing). It akin to the "S" distortion on a knackered/worn-out vinyl LP.

I guess this is why the speakers used in the majority of modern TVs/surround-in-a-box AV units only use one-way drivers. The lack of tweeters would make this nowhere near as obvious.

Unfortunately my front/centre speakers are 2 way full range jobbies. So I can't escape it when watching live TV and teh remote is 1ft out of arm's reach