Is it only Pim who's tried this? This seams a shame, as it is the UK BBC licence fee payers funding the project! I spent a bit of time listening more carefully to this today. I think it is impossible for me to draw any definitive conclusions to how good or bad it sounds in relative terms, it is not the kind of music I would typically listen to and I have no direct references as a comparison. Having said that, I think I can conclude that in absolute terms it does sound pretty decent.
One observation I can make is that during the musical performances I was generally very impressed with the quality of reproduction, clarity and resolution were good throughout the frequency range, decent dynamics and so on, all reasonably impressive. However, during the studio discussions I did not think it sounded so good, a case of there being a degree of sibilance in the voices. Maybe bad microphone implementation in the studio? I am not sure.
During the performances though, no obvious negatives stood out, so it was a case of being able to listen to the music undistracted by any such niggles. Personally I would have to say well done to the BBC for trying this kind of thing. A national broadcaster having a go at simple 'hires' streaming, without any of the MQA folding and deblurring confusions, this has to be commended in my opinion. I wonder if they will ever extend the trial to 24/192 or similar?
EDIT: It also occurs to me that I have been listening to this via AIR for a couple of hours now, not one drop out, crackle or anything else, in this regard all is 100% perfect!
One observation I can make is that during the musical performances I was generally very impressed with the quality of reproduction, clarity and resolution were good throughout the frequency range, decent dynamics and so on, all reasonably impressive. However, during the studio discussions I did not think it sounded so good, a case of there being a degree of sibilance in the voices. Maybe bad microphone implementation in the studio? I am not sure.
During the performances though, no obvious negatives stood out, so it was a case of being able to listen to the music undistracted by any such niggles. Personally I would have to say well done to the BBC for trying this kind of thing. A national broadcaster having a go at simple 'hires' streaming, without any of the MQA folding and deblurring confusions, this has to be commended in my opinion. I wonder if they will ever extend the trial to 24/192 or similar?
EDIT: It also occurs to me that I have been listening to this via AIR for a couple of hours now, not one drop out, crackle or anything else, in this regard all is 100% perfect!
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