Personally I don't think vinyl is still a pretty amazing way to experience an album. I recently have been listening to cd and then vinyl of the same album and it is so different! Particularly when it comes to artwork and the 20 minute per side format. It's a totally different journey. You guys have probably realised this before but it's a reasonably new experience for me having only recently acquired a turntable again. :) -----Original Message----- From: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jaimie Vernon Sent: Sunday, 6 December 2009 9:45 AM To: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [klaatumail] Re: HD Radio (no KK) Marc, In Canada, audio files are at 320kbps for both Sirius and XM (still two separate entities in this country). Jaimie Vernon, President, Bullseye Records 1-800-JOE-RADI(O) // 1-800-563-7234 CDs: http://www.bullseyecanada.com MP3s: http://www.bullseyesongs.com RADIO: http://www.radiothatdoesntsuck.com SWAG: http://www.cafepress.com/bullseyecanada TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/bullseyecanada MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/bullseyecanada Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/ PERSONAL - http://www.myspace.com/jaimievernonsmovingtargetz - http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Jaimie-Vernon BLOG - http://verminator.livejournal.com FACEBOOK - http://www.facebook.com/jaimievernon > Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:38:09 -0800 > From: marc_tobolski@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: [klaatumail] HD Radio (no KK) > To: klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I was listening to HD Radio for the first time this week and it led me to the following... > > Many stations now use digital files for broadcasting music. With AM or FM, the fidelity is compromised (compared to HD). But my question is: What is the 'quality' of the mp3 file that is being used by HD stations. Or for that matter, by SiriusXM? If they are just standard 128 files, then what is the point of added fidelity? > > Can someone on the list provide some insight into the broadcast quality of audio files on HD Radio and for SiriusXM? > > thanks. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid-91815