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Originally Posted by mdt
And how about DAB+, I assume that's good quality too?
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It entirely depends on the broadcaster; DAB+ can be anywhere from fantastic to
not much better than FM. The codec used is HE-AAC v2 which is quite modern and surprisingly performant at low bitrates.
In Australia, music channels (e.g. ABC Jazz) tend to be encoded at 80 kbps. Not CD quality by any stretch, but it's surprisingly good. It's certainly much, much better than FM. (80 kbps might not seem like a lot, but HE-AAC v2 is just about CD quality at rates as low as 128 kbps.)
Talk channels tend to be encoded at 64 kbps. Plenty enough for talk and even the occasional music interlude. However some channels can be as low as 48 kbps, and that includes Melbourne rebroadcasts of Gold 104.3 and Mix 101.1. Shows how much they can wring out of this codec though!