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Hd Question: Mono vs Bitrate

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Anyone know at what bitrate HD streams revert to mono only? We are currently running 64kbps on HD1 and 16kbps on 2 and 3. HD2 and 3 are mono despite the stereo feed to the importer/exporter.
 
Should anyone else confront this issue, here's the answer to my own question; below 32kbps HD reverts to mono. With the expanded bandwidth and new Importer Software I was able to up the bit rate on my HD2 so I could get a stereo signal. My HD3, while having a higher bit-rate than prior to the revision, is still mono. So my config is now, 64kbps HD1, 32kbps HD2 and 24kbps HD3. The bit-rate change is fairly easy to do. It does result in a minute or so HD drop out, so beware.
 
On my HD system, I have my HD1@32kbps, HD2@32kbps, HD3@32kbps and HD4@24kbps all stereo and all playing music and the quality of my HD4 far surpasses the quality of the higher bit rate Satellite Radio Channels like 60's on 6 or The Bridge on chnl 32

And when using a Optimod or other hi-end processor for your FM/HD1, 32kbps sounds just like analog FM, without the multipath

On my other HD system I am doing HD1@48kbps, HD2@24kbps, HD3@24kbps and HD4@24kbps again all in stereo and all playing music and still sounds better than XM
 
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But, to answer your question if you look at your importers configurations even at 16kbps and as low as 8.1kbps (hate to hear what 8.1 would sound like) you can do stereo,
 
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