Specifically I was listening to a piano concerto earlier today and it was obvious the broadcast-compressor was struggling terribly with the dynamic range. Each section of pianisimo saw the level boosted unnaturally, then as a loud chord (etc) cut in, it would be distorted to hell for the first half second or so, ahead of the compressor/limiter slashing the gain. It ruined the piece, like a nasty over-aggressive ALC setup on a cheap cassette deck.
BBC at least use far less aggressive compression/limiting on R3 than they do on eg R1, or even R2. I know many classic afficianados view Classic FM as the classical channel for plastic enthusiasts who aren't yet ready to progress to the big boys' class, but none the less I thought Global would be a bit more careful with regards to how Classic FM content is broadcast, based on the (wrong?) assumption that the Classic FM audience just might care a little more about SQ than the average listener of other Global Radio stations, even if only because classical music more than any other genre is ruined by aggressive compressors.
BBC at least use far less aggressive compression/limiting on R3 than they do on eg R1, or even R2. I know many classic afficianados view Classic FM as the classical channel for plastic enthusiasts who aren't yet ready to progress to the big boys' class, but none the less I thought Global would be a bit more careful with regards to how Classic FM content is broadcast, based on the (wrong?) assumption that the Classic FM audience just might care a little more about SQ than the average listener of other Global Radio stations, even if only because classical music more than any other genre is ruined by aggressive compressors.