I think that the audio we are listening too is from some ground recording station that isn't necessarily near the airport. We aren't listening to a recording of what the pilots heard or what air traffic control hears.

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appreciatorBus a day ago | parent | next [-]

Yup. Audio is sourced from volunteers with home radios & antennas. Quality will be dependant on how far the nearest one was from LAX and their personal setup. Not necessarily representative of quality that the controller/pilot was hearing.

	▲	dweekly a day ago \| parent [-]
		Technically correct...and yet let's not kid ourselves that even with a nice radio and a pair of Bose A30's, it can be hard to tease out exactly what's being said when in a congested airspace.

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aprentic a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://www.liveatc.net/

If you want to listen in yourself.

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lysace a day ago | parent | prev [-]

This is one of the highest quality recordings of such traffic that I have heard. They are usually a lot worse.