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disgruntled_goat Donating Member (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:15 PM
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what's the deal with AAR's new lo-fi sound?
I listen to AAR over the internet, and it seems that around the start of this week, they dropped their fidelity WAY down.

I realize we have a few reruns this week, but I was listening to Malloy last night and I couldnt even recognize his voice because of the fidelity loss.

???
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BlueEyedSon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:19 PM
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1. WOW, I thought it was me!
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phusion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:19 PM
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2. I noticed this too...
Maybe they are having server issues.

:shrug:
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:22 PM
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3. i noticed this too
Im listening to last nights Malloy program archived from whiterosesociety.org and I thought it was just recorded badly this one time.
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LSparkle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:23 PM
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4. It WASN'T just me -- I listened to Laura Flanders yesterday
and thought I was listening to a tinny AM radio instead of the 'net. Maybe they're trying to make the stream available to more people, at the expense of quality (??).
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:32 PM
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5. Just shaving bandwidth to save money
That said, the Windows Media version sounds much better than the RA stream.
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ArbustoBuster Donating Member (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:33 PM
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6. Possible Cost Reason?
Edited on Thu Sep-15-05 02:34 PM by ArbustoBuster
Dropping your bitrate, and therefore your audio fidelity, saves on bandwidth costs. Especially with talk-only programs, low fidelity doesn't usually cause problems (although it sounds like it did in this instance), and can save huge amounts of money.

Just a guess from an old IT guy.

(Edit): Aaaaaand Tridim beat me to it. :)
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derby378 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:34 PM
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7. Isn't AAR moving to a new studio in NYC?
That could be part of the problem...
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melissinha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:39 PM
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10. or maybe the move
is a solution to the problem.
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ohio_liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:35 PM
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8. It always sounded like crizzap to me
I haven't noticed a change in quality

:shrug:
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drbtg1 Donating Member (932 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:38 PM
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9. Any minute now, I expect Ms. Rhodes to start sounding like...
...the teacher in the "Peanuts" cartoons.
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clbuck Donating Member (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:40 PM
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11. If you want to listen to Malloy...
Use the stream from themic921.com. It's much better in quality than the official AAR stream (though it's only Windows Media Player). I think Ben should use that stream for archiving Mike's show instead of the regular stream.
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