From: jjhudak@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, September 27, 2023 at 3:22:28 PM UTC-4, Bob F wrote:   
   > On 9/27/2023 11:05 AM, micky wrote:    
   > > In sci.electronics.repair, on Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:38:13 +0100, Martin    
   > > Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:    
   > >    
   > >> On 22/09/2023 18:42, 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?    
   > >>    
   > >> Possibly. Is there a reflex port on it somewhere?    
   > >    
   > > No. I don't think so.    
   > >    
   > >> Stuffing that with foam might improve things a bit. Somehow    
   > >> extra/excessive bass seems to be a selling point for radios in that    
   > >> sort of price range. It does nothing for intelligibility.    
   > >    
   > > Interesting.    
   > >    
   > >>> It has equalizer settings so I changed from default and various kinds of    
   > >>> music to "talk". I didnt' hear any change.    
   > >>    
   > >> Depending on how badly their equalizer mangles the sound you might be on    
   > >> a no win battle with this thing.    
   > >    
   > > Well, here is the end of the first chapter:    
   > >    
   > > I'm still going to talk to the manufacturer about what equalizer    
   > > settings work best, or any physical improvement like changing the    
   > > speakers, or stuffing with foam,    
   > >    
   > > but two nights ago I bought a patch cable for the L & R Line OUts that    
   > > plugs into the AUX on the rdio above it, and now the sound is pretty    
   > > good, certainly good enough for me (who has a tin ear which is why it's    
   > > surprising this radio wasn't good enough for me.) The cable merges L &    
   > > R so even though I paid extra for stereo speakers, it's monaural.    
   > >    
   > > In addition, this means I can leave the internet radio on all night,    
   > > with the sound turned down to zero, and use the Sleep function of the    
   > > second radio, so it will turn off after an hour or two. On the    
   > > internet radio, the Sleep function** disables almost all the controls    
   > > and doesn't let me watch the name of the songs being played or see the    
   > > graphic that comes with each station or each song. That's just    
   > > entertaining enough to keep my attention but not enough to keep me    
   > > awake. **It just displays the time, which is boring.    
   > >    
   > > The second radio, the Sangean WR-22, has very little tone control, but I    
   > > pressed a button my mistake and found that 3 years ago when I got it, I    
   > > had set the bass to -3 and the treble to +1. Simple, small changes, and    
   > > I've been happy with that.    
   > >    
   > >    
   > > Back to the internet radio using its own speakers, I've only played a    
   > > few songs. The music is probably okay, but the lyrics are muffled,    
   > > muddled, or muddy. So even they are better through the other radio.    
   > >    
   > > I know I'm not following the advice of people who said to send it back    
   > > but I didn't find a better replacement, also with presets. Maybe there    
   > > is one but I'm tired of looking.    
   > >    
   > > Thanks all. I couldn't have done it withou' you.   
   > It still sounds like the "radio" is seriously defective or a piece of    
   > junk, that you are kludging to make it "usable". I would send it back in    
   > a moment.   
      
   Exactly!!! Send it back and get a new one.  With all this dancing around with   
   various connection configurations (some of which raise more questions than   
   answers), you could have been enjoying another radio or found a better   
   alternative.     
   If you send it back, the supplier will never tell you what 'problems' the   
   device had.  Their easy soln is to send you a new one.  I suggest making some   
   sort of mark on the original  unit (in a very inconspicuous place) so you can   
   determine if they sent    
   the original radio back to you or a different unit.  (I've personally   
   experienced this).   
      
   IMHO, trying to connect the audio to an external speaker via BT is a crap   
   shoot.  A lot of BT devices have lousy implementations....won't pair with some   
   devices, spins forever when attempting to make a connection,  dropped   
   connections, the reconnect    
   feature doesn't work, lossy audio, etc.      
   If I am troubleshooting an audio problem, nothing beats a hardwired connection.   
      
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