World’s first CD-quality mobile phone calls developed

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  josephmartins

  02/04/10 | Report as spam

  It's a solution looking for a problem

  Frankly, most people are unable to tell "CD-quality". That is to say, they may be able to tell that something sounds better, but how much better depends upon the individual.
  
  Musicians go out of their way to perfect the quality of their recordings only to have most fans play the songs back on devices (and through earpieces) and at bitrates that negate their efforts. And, fans are fine with that because at the end of the day it's about the music. The same goes for public venues where playback quality is horrible...yet the dance floors, clubs and concerts are packed to capacity every night.
  
  As long as service isn't spotty (by far still the biggest issue in the States) and the voice quality is "good enough" (which it is today in all but the noisiest environments), callers could care less whether the sound is "CD quality".
  
  Having written that, I can see the value on the transmission side to suppress environmental noise, but on the receiving end it won't make much difference.

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  Fletchguy

  02/04/10 | Report as spam

  Hmmm I am doubting this

  Well in order to be cd quality you have to be able to assume you can prevent drop calls, dead zones and any other elctrical interference other wise what you are stating is false and would get a company sued as all those factors would prevent cd quality phone calls so I think what they need to say is they have made a new clearer call quality for cellul;ar use as cd quality I dont think they can do... Oh and as a record label owner we do a lot of stuff to make music real not really cd quality as if you know about music you know the sound on a cd is actually not what you have created. The closets thing for a true audiphile in actual sound recreation is the good old vinyl cut record. Digital recording removes bytes of actual real sound making what you hear seem cleaner by fact or removal of actual audio soo in the field of us who like tru real life sound representation vinyl is above par with cd being for the masses of those who know no better

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  tozrob@...

  02/05/10 | Report as spam

  RE: World's first CD-quality mobile phone calls developed

  I think thats awesome! The only problem is that we are at the mercy of the moranic cell phone service providers that will limit bandwith degrading the quality of the audio.

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  sambackster

  02/05/10 | Report as spam

  RE: World's first CD-quality mobile phone calls developed

  I think it is a very invention if the sound quality improve then its very good for all the cell phone users.
  Cell Phone Case

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  ddferrari

  02/08/10 | Report as spam

  C'mon, "Fletchguy"...

  Man, you "vinyl is better than digital" guys will use any forum to argue your side, no matter how off-topic.
  
  As less than one percent of the population own a stereo system actually good enough reveal the miniscule difference in quality, it's a moot point anyway (and I don't recall hearing hissing, clicking and popping sounds during live performances). Until vinyl can compete with cds in terms of dynamic range, signal to noise ratio, and durability, I'll stick with my discs, thankyou.
  
  Oh, and yay to better sounding cell phones!

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  sjm@...

  02/08/10 | Report as spam

  RE: World's first CD-quality mobile phone calls developed

  Wether CD quality voice calls will be achieved or not, current cell calls are substandard when compared to typical land lines, so there definitely is room for improvement. I don't know how so many people have adapted to get accustomed to low-quality cell conversations.