03-01-2012 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree RonyWeissman Lyon, France Posts 138 Joined on 05-29-2004 Post #: 1 Post ID: 17892 Reply to: 17892 Satellite radio fiogf49gjkf0d Are these restek.de satellite tuners any good?  I am wondering if I should update my fm tuner or if it is waste of money if we will be listening to satellite or internet based radio only in next few years. I like the idea of getting german live broadcasts on the satellite if quality is good?

03-10-2012 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree RonyWeissman Lyon, France Posts 138 Joined on 05-29-2004 Post #: 2 Post ID: 17931 Reply to: 17892 Dab+ fiogf49gjkf0d Still hoping someone has experience with the dab+ satellite,radio,available now in germany, austria, italy and switzerland?

03-10-2012 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree Romy the Cat Boston, MA Posts 10,155 Joined on 05-28-2004 Post #: 3 Post ID: 17933 Reply to: 17892 Digital compression... fiogf49gjkf0d I do not know what the satellite radio in Europe, I know that you have a different system in there but in US satellite radio in my view has no bases to talk about better or worse tuners. This is digitally compressed signal, so what is the difference…. "I wish I could score everything for horns." - Richard Wagner. "Our writing equipment takes part in the forming of our thoughts." - Friedrich Nietzsche

03-11-2012 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree RonyWeissman Lyon, France Posts 138 Joined on 05-29-2004 Post #: 4 Post ID: 17938 Reply to: 17933 Dab+ fiogf49gjkf0d Hi, Yes i don't understand all this, but they transmit concerts live over internet here with rate up to 192Kbps and quality is very good. With the satellite we can have AAC+ live broadcasts at high sample rate which i am wondering about quality as i do not know anyone that has the satellite tuner yet. It makes me think of the accuphase tuner that converts the fm signal and outputs digital as i can send the satellite signal to my dac directly. I will try to find place to audition who knows maybe it is wrong idea that i have. R weissman

03-12-2012 Post does not mapped to Knowledge Tree el`Ol Posts 225 Joined on 10-13-2007 Post #: 5 Post ID: 17956 Reply to: 17938 Upsampling fiogf49gjkf0d I haven't heard the Restek, but upsampling could be a true advantage for satellite audio. The jitter problem probably isn't small for a digital signal transmitted over a large distance and the softening of such devices could be an advantage for MPEG compressed audio.