GOLD 905

GOLD 905 programs classical music exclusively for Singapore's educated listener base who want serious orchestral and chamber music without pop contamination. Selections span baroque through contemporary composition with informed curation. At 48kbps the stream compresses classical music's dynamic range severely, which undermines the entire value proposition - orchestral music needs fidelity to justify listening. This is probably the station's weakest link. The production quality compensates somewhat; recordings are engineered well before the bitrate does its damage. Live concert recordings appe…