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   On 9/22/2023 4:35 PM, micky wrote:   
   > In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:19:40 -0400, ? Mighty Wannabe   
   > ? <@.> wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 9/22/2023 1:42 PM, micky wrote:   
   >>> I bought a $230 wifi radio that is impressive in many ways, but the   
   >>> problem I have is that the sound sounds muffled   
   >>>   
   >>> Maybe it's okay for music.  I haven't listened to much music, but for   
   >>> talk it sounds muffled.  Like literally they are talking through some   
   >>> sort of muffle.  I don't have this problem with 5 other table radios.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is the problem that there is too much bass?   If not that, what?   
   >>>   
   >>> It has equalizer settings so I changed from default and various kinds of   
   >>> music to "talk".   I didnt' hear any change.   
   >>>   
   >>> So I went to custom, which has 6 frequency ranges, and over time, I've   
   >>> lowered the lowest 4 ranges to the minimum and raised the top one to the   
   >>> max, and the one in between almost to the max.   This helped at first,   
   >>> but future changes were smaller and I didn't see addtional help.   
   >>>   
   >>> I can still understand if I make the sound one or two steps louder, but   
   >>> then it's louder than I want.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is there an audio ng that's not dormant that I can post too.   alt.audio   
   >>> and alt.audio.pro had gone 3 years without posts.   
   >>   
   >> You might have "Loudness" on, which raises the low and the high, and   
   >> makes human voice almost inaudible (muffled). The "Loudness" setting   
   >> would tire me out quickly when I listen to people talk.   
   > Thanks. I'll check the settings again but I dont' think it has Loudness.   
      
   "Loudness" is a button on many stereo system.   
      
      
   >> I have been playing with Windows since the beginning of time. I found a   
   >> very good software equalizer (free software) in my Windows 10/11. It has   
   >> many equalizer presets. My favourite preset is "Telephone", which raises   
   > I doubt if it will have Telephone because it knows it's a radio.  PC's   
   > do everything.  But I will try the other settings, Jazz, classical...   
   > whatever.  Maybe one is like telephone.   
      
   That equalizer software has graphical user interface so you can modify   
   the presets. The only preset that looks like "Telephone" is "Radio".   
      
   The "Radio" present raises only the human vocal frequency range, while   
   "Telephone" preset raises the human vocal frequency range plus tapering   
   the high end and low end frequencies all the way to  -30 dB.   
      
   >> the frequency range of human voices and depresses the high and low. I   
   >> can listen to Tucker Carson and Alex Jones all day.   
   > I'm sure.   
   >   
   >> Without that software equalizer, the high and low in the frequency   
   >> spectrum would tire me out quickly. Interesting enough, even with the   
   >> "Telephone" preset when I listen to music, I can hear the lyrics very   
   >> clearly, and the music still remains enjoyable.   
   >>   
   >>   
      
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