RP Listener Forum

Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 9:00am

BillG wrote:

1. All 128k streams come from the same server relays. Variations in sound quality at 128k would come down to the player, rather than the stream. I personally don't hear a huge difference between Winamp, Real & iTunes (the 3 I use the most often).
2. Due to the sweet deal we have with Shoutcast, it doesn't cost any more for you to listen at 128k (though that may change at some point).
3. Yes. We get a commission on anything you buy: new, used, CDs, DVDs, computers, clothing, refrigerators, whatever.

Thanks!

Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 8:40am

coding_to_music wrote:

Some questions:
What is the highest quality sound stream that RP offers? (I use the 128 MP3 RealPlayer myself)
Do the lower speed transmissons help lower costs for RP? (ie why offer them? Are they for dial-up folks?)
Does RP get a commission when I buy a USED cd from Amazon.com ?

1. All 128k streams come from the same server relays. Variations in sound quality at 128k would come down to the player, rather than the stream. I personally don't hear a huge difference between Winamp, Real & iTunes (the 3 I use the most often).
2. Due to the sweet deal we have with Shoutcast, it doesn't cost any more for you to listen at 128k (though that may change at some point).
3. Yes. We get a commission on anything you buy: new, used, CDs, DVDs, computers, clothing, refrigerators, whatever.

Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 7:39am

Hmm.

I'm hearing distortion.

I heard it in the Nat King Cole song (around 9:35cst), and I heard it earlier in one of Bill's station promos. Sounds like a low frequency burbling. Is it just me? We know I haven't been drinking...

Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 6:52am

Some questions:
What is the highest quality sound stream that RP offers? (I use the 128 MP3 RealPlayer myself)
Do the lower speed transmissons help lower costs for RP? (ie why offer them? Are they for dial-up folks?)
Does RP get a commission when I buy a USED cd from Amazon.com ?

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 11:03pm

Xeric wrote:

Hey, Bill--

Upon a full evening of listening, I'm now certain that there is a marked improvement in high end clarity and stereo imaging. Cool!

I'll second that. I'm listening to the 128k on Winamp at work with desktop speakers and Radiohead's Go To Sleep and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's In Like The Rose have just played. They're good test records for stereo imaging and dynamic range and they sound better than ever

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 9:05pm

Hey, Bill--

Upon a full evening of listening, I'm now certain that there is a marked improvement in high end clarity and stereo imaging. Cool!

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 7:06pm

BillG wrote:

the cranky forum code

Oh, sure. Who's that, really? 8)

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 7:04pm

kaupmees wrote:

Can you please rename this thread so that people like me don't mistakenly think there will be an interruption tonight?

Thanky.

Tried to do that, but the cranky forum code wouldn't let me.

So I'll say it clearly here - not tonight (Tues 1/25). *Maybe* a brief outage tomorrow night (Wed 1/26).

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 4:21pm

timok wrote:

Don't Panic!

THAT'S IT!

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 2:48pm

Xeric wrote:

Isn't that "Don't Panic!"? (In large, friendly letters?)

Don't Panic!

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 2:41pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Panic!

Isn't that "Don't Panic!"? (In large, friendly letters?)

(But I haven't figured out how to make "large" work, yet, actually, never mind colored. And where's the button for "friendly"?)

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 2:41pm

BillG wrote:

Our peak levels are right at 100%. We can't be any louder without distortion or the kind of very aggressive processing (squeezing all of the dynamic range out of the music) that FM stations & some pop/dance webcasters use.

RP sounds really good, thanks again for your efforts Bill!

Just a while ago RP was playing Peter Gabriel - Don't Give Up, one of my favorites that I know by heart, and the sound was just a pleasure to listen to.

(I think RP has a good volume level, actually it's louder than my mp3s ripped from CDs, since I adjust albums to average 92dB level. IMO those aggressively compressed FM stations are really annoying to listen to.)

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 1:25pm

kaupmees wrote:

Can you please rename this thread so that people like me don't mistakenly think there will be an interruption tonight?

Thanky.

Panic!

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 1:23pm

BillG wrote:

It also gets cut off in the Shoutcast & Winamp station directories. I'll be shortening it so that it falls within the limit there. I suspect that the limit is actually happening on the Shoutcast server(s) - in which case that would take care of the iTunes issue as well.

Can you please rename this thread so that people like me don't mistakenly think there will be an interruption tonight?

Thanky.

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 1:15pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

In iTunes, that line never gets to the end before it rolls over to the song title... is that what you're talking about? I thought it just was too much text to display in that amount of time...

It also gets cut off in the Shoutcast & Winamp station directories. I'll be shortening it so that it falls within the limit there. I suspect that the limit is actually happening on the Shoutcast server(s) - in which case that would take care of the iTunes issue as well.

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 9:16am

BillG wrote:

Yeah, I know. Can't fix that without stopping & starting the stream. I'll do it tonight.

In iTunes, that line never gets to the end before it rolls over to the song title... is that what you're talking about? I thought it just was too much text to display in that amount of time...

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 9:14am

BillG wrote:

Yeah, I know. Can't fix that without stopping & starting the stream. I'll do it tonight.

Thanks

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 9:06am

BillG wrote:

Our peak levels are right at 100%. We can't be any louder without distortion or the kind of very aggressive processing (squeezing all of the dynamic range out of the music) that FM stations & some pop/dance webcasters use.

Thanks for that little attention to detail. I had to have a discussion with another iNet Radio jock about his distorted/over processed stream. The conversation worked -- to a degree...

I'd prefer to turn it up because it sounds so good, rather than down because it sounds so bad. Any day.

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 9:04am

KevinM wrote:

Looks like the tag line has changed, but it cuts off at the end:

Radio Paradise - DJ-mixed rock, world, electronica & more - music info & listener community at radio

Yeah, I know. Can't fix that without stopping & starting the stream. I'll do it tonight.

Posted: Jan 25, 2005 - 9:03am

BillG wrote:

No new link. You're listening to it now.

Like I said, not a huge difference.

you mean I'm soaking in it now?

8O I will have to crank it up and take it for a spin