Stereo feed pros vs. cons

N2JDS · #1 (**permalink**) 10-25-2012, 4:34 PM

I have a feed I am thinking of separating the law on one side and EMS/Fire on the other side for a stereo feed. Anybody have listeners complain that have done a stereo feed like that? I know all computers can, as well as some cell phone apps let you now listen to left and right speaker. Also, does RR, or soon to be Broadcastify have to change something on their side mechanically, I know they edit the feed info.

EdmontonFireRadio · #2 (**permalink**) 10-25-2012, 6:54 PM

Back when we had fire on one side and EMS on the other we had gotten quite a few complaints from listeners. Once we went to 2 servers most people were happy with the change.

Bellingham_Scanner · #3 (**permalink**) 10-25-2012, 9:32 PM

Not the first time this question has come up....

I believe mono feeds are better. Specially with a lot of people using smartphone apps. Generally they will be using the phone speaker or a mono earpiece. The overlapping of the two feeds is annoying and can be confusing specially during an emergency.