Why are you effectively taking a 8x10" portrait and filling a highway billboard with it? That's all upscaling is! Listen to the dam thing in its native sample/bit depth over a decent playback system, and have a beer!

I'm willing to alter the sound of my material a 'little' for them, mainly for transmission S/N. If my listeners choose to be running a vacuum cleaner or lawn mower while listening to the radio, that's on them to sort out what they really need to be doing... ! I want the CD or WAV file I'm...

But there's no law that says you can't 'under-modulate'(transmit at a level lower than Federally allowed), right?

Well, I'd be willing to compromise. Not use 'as much' EQ, compression, or limiting as most other stations. Personally, I find most major market CHR and classic rock stations fatiguing to listen to, even at 40mph with my car windows halfway down.

*Please relocate this thread if there is a better subcategory for it, thanks!* Most radio stations, commercial ones at least, broadcast at 100 percent or more of their FCC-allowed modulation in order to 'stand out ' on the band, so to speak. They accomplish this via a varity of...

All I see are Harman target curves and coordinates. No actual headphone compensations.

I've gotten reasonably good results with this app on my devices: https://appadvice.com/app/equalizer/321267949 Say I'm attempting to correct for the Beyer DT880 pro, attached. I'll go into the Audioforge Equalizer App(7 parametric bands), and set for the five most eggregious frequencies...

But analog out = RCA out, in my case. I'm assuming the optical out on my carousel is digital. I just don't have any receiver with optical in - yet. Will have to hit the thrifts, I don't have the funds to buy a new receiver just to hear CD via its optical ins.

Fundamentally, you're just not used to flat audio reproduction. As a TV calibrator, I get the same response from half of my clients: "it's too dim", "dull", etc.

But it seems to muffle/obscure, better word? the sound in the region I referred to

We're not millennials. We communicate in full words to eliminate any doubt as to meaning or description

With commercials like this, it's no wonder concert music gained such a 'snob' or rich people's music reputation! It really is for everyone!

If you grew up in the mid-1970s, I'm sure this gem crossed your parents' TV screen often....!

The IT manager that directed his employee "not to listen to the guy in an apron" is, along with his employee and myself, all employed by the same retailer. We're all inside. The only outsider technician was back in 2016, who rigged the bypass of the music through the telephony buss. If my...

Yeah, the Kresge or Seeburg music I mentioned was more neutral. Funny you should mention stereo vs mono. The MIR player has stereo RCA outs, and only one channel is connected! Like you said, what do retailers know about in-store music - unless we're talking a music store! On modern music...

I wish they would play that! Periodically our system would seize upon a particular top-fiver, a month or so after it peaked on FM: IE in early 2017, Drake's "Hotline Bling" got played twice per HOUR. "Usedta call me on my cell phone!.." Grrrr, made me cringe. If you're gonna play R&B, play...

I WANT ONE OF THOSE where I work! lol Our playlist is so out of touch: A lot of crappy covers of classic hits(1960s-80s) instead of the originals, and altogether too much hip-hop and rave/dance club/nightclub tracks after midday! Plus, 'Mercedes Benz' is not even one of Janis Joplin's...

Remember: I'm from the retail era, post-disk - where reel-to-reel and later compact cassette tape provided the music and announcements. So the FM band was used to subcarry music programmed specifically for a retail chain, and not 'buffered'(queued up like planes at an airport awaiting takeoff)?

But isn't that what ASCAP fees are paid for, either directly to such agency or as part of the monthly subscription to MIR(My Instore Radio), Muzak, etc.?

FM Broadcast And Retail In-Store Music Sub-feed (If there is a more appropriate branch-forum for this topic please advise and feel free to relocate it.) I became aware of the concept implied in my thread title: That a retail customer(the store itself) can subscribe to one of several...

Another reason why vehicular ANC will never be perfect - IE: completely cancel out all engine hum or road rumble at all seated positions in the cabin. I never noticed much of such noises in my comparable size '81 Buick Century - it had padding beneath the carpeting, and that padding extended...

My 'Active Noise Cancellation': Actively adding sound-deadening foam to the doors, firewall, and floor so that the music can be enjoyed at any volume preferred, without electronic noise bogging down the speakers. That's how we rolled.. No fancy whiz-bang circuitry.

Even if all of this is considered, and even implemented, it still puts additional load on the main speakers - if they are asked to produce this antinoise in addition to faithfully reproducing their first order of business - your favorite music or other programming. Since most of the...

Does Sonarworks provide a list of, at least, the top 5-10 biggest adjustments made to the average curve for headphones? Freq, Q, and Gain(plus or minus)? I'm seeking figures for the Sony MDR-7506 and the Beyer DT880 250ohm Pro: General correction, not individual, is fine. The Equalizer app...

He's being sarcastic, as are most of us that know better..!