Have your say & ask the experts!  Why does the Absolute 80s DAB
station sound so awful?  2 replies [Last post] theadmans's
picture Joined: 4 Jun 2009 Posts: 70  I have a Pure Tempus DAB
Radio Clock alarm. For the last few years I have been Waking up
to Wogan on BBC Radio Two. However, with the great man now gone
I am now forced to listen to the juvenile Chris Evans. Also I
kind of dislike Zoe Ball on a Saturday (far too Radio 1 for me)
- although if I lie in I do enjoy Brian Matthews "Sounds of the
60s" after 8am.  However, I prefer my alarm to wake me well
before 8am and consequently now get a rude awakening with the
Ginger one (not ideal). So I tried scouting around the dial for
other stations and found Absolute 80s. Now the tunes they play
are really quite good but the sound quality is awful compared to
BBC Radio 2 on DAB. My radio tells me both stations are 128kbps
- so how come Absolute 80s sounds so poor by comparison. I guess
it is something to do with compression techniques but I would
really like to