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Post Subject: Criticizing the MET SoundPosted by Romy the Cat on: 3/29/2009
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Well, I do not know how about NY, since it is local for you guys, the NY stations might care different source for their broadcasts, but it looks like we around the world are getting very poor quality of MET broadcasts. I do not know where even to start criticizing the MET sound. The biggest problem that they apparently transmit in FM somewhere and in HD, not to mention the video feed. According to the US FCC regulation the stations that broadcast in FM and HD much have analog and digital feeds synchronized (in case a receiver is losing HD reference). So, what those stations do is in real time move digital feed ahead or behind to keep it in synch with analog signal and presumably with video signal. The result is disaster. The sound is sliding right across the live sounds and it feels like you accidently sit naked on ice. It is belong horrible as some of the performances are truly good. I spoke with a number people who are listening MET around the world and they comment very positively about the quality of MET sound, but I feel that they just do not know what they are talking about.
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