Boltar wrote:
On 11 Jul, 10:06, "DAB sounds closer to AM" dab.is@dead wrote:
I'm not splitting any hairs. You implied that because NICAM doesn't
have "built-in" error correction then it would be unusable as a
digital radio format. It would be unusable as a digital radio format
due to its bandwidth, but not because it lacks error correction,
because the other codecs don't have that either.

I was assuming he meant as-is. Ie same transmission system, albeit
different frequency, as well as same codec. In which case it would be
unsuitable.


You made absolutely no reference to NICAM being unsuitable due to the high
bit rate it uses, and you only mentioned its lack of error correction.


--
Steve - www.digitalradiotech.co.uk - Digital Radio News & Info

Boltar wrote:


Stop splitting hairs, everyone generally just refers to it as NICAM
and not the-NICAM-code-in-digital-TV-sound.

But if they were to use NICAM for a new digital radio system, and they
wanted it to work in a mobile environment, they would presumably add
some error correction.

Richard E.