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Written by Michał SP6MR on 2024-09-10 at 06:40

I sometimes wonder what part of the sounds I hear were analogue through the whole way from the source to my ear.

FM radio often isn't - as far as I know it's usually transmitted digitally from the studio to the transmitter tower. Mobile phones are digital, and I don't remember when I last saw a landline that wasn't an obvious VoIP underneath.

So... we're left with talking live to each other, some live performances (I guess not all) and maybe some personal radios. And nature sounds.

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Written by Kohane-san on 2024-09-10 at 09:51

@sp6mr FM radio was transmitted via air? Phones don't have radios anymore tho, that's one down.

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Written by Michał SP6MR on 2024-09-10 at 10:19

@kohane

FM radio is still widely listened to in cars, so It's still not dead 😀 even though it is more and more often replaced by people listening to their music in cars via various means, the radios themselves are still broadcasting.

Though some countries are moving to digital radio.

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Written by Kohane-san on 2024-09-10 at 10:31

@sp6mr I can't say I mourn the death of FM radio... or AM. I don't care about the news & I prefer selecting music on my own instead of taking the pre-selected stuff from a random DJ

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Written by Michał SP6MR on 2024-09-10 at 11:10

@kohane The secret is to have some DJs you like and who you trust that what they'll select will be interesting and better than what the algorithm will pick for you 😁 but it's rarer and rarer in today's radio landscape, sadly, which moves into the approach of having automated song selection to fill the time between commercials. Unfortunately most radio stations, especially big ones, are like this nowadays.

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Written by Kohane-san on 2024-09-10 at 11:22

@sp6mr

My ranking for listening:

My own playlists

Stuff that popped up in my mind

Suggestions

Stuff a friend insisted I should listen to

Algorithm (Apple is quite good here)

A random stranger in the street, pub or a club/group

A random stranger working as DJ

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