XPost: alt.home.repair, sci.electronics.design   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In sci.electronics.repair, on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:11:54 -0400, ? Mighty   
   Wannabe ? <@.> wrote:   
      
   >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 know but I checked and I was right. This one doesn't have it.   
   >   
   >   
   >>> 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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