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From: dafa@ihuxa.UUCP (David Fay)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Dynamic range of WFMT
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Date: Wed, 11-Jan-84 11:49:16 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 11 11:49:16 1984
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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
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