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.
I bought a $230 wifi radio that is impressive in many ways, but the
problem I have is that the sound sounds muffled
Time for a visit to an audiologist. If you don't use hearing aids, you
may need them. If you use them, the settings may need to be tweaked. A
few years ago, I thought something had gone wrong with my stereo
equipment, either the speakers or the receiver.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG67YH18/
In sci.electronics.repair, on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 18:01:01 -0400, legg <le...@nospam.magma.ca> wrote:
On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:42:01 -0400, micky <NONONO...@fmguy.com>
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.
Make and model number.
RL
I don't know. Mine have never fallen out.What brand did you get and about how much were they?I have a set of ReSound Linx Quatro hearing aids that were recommended
Do you have to have them "tuned" by the audiologist? Just once or every >>> year or something?
by my audiologist at Walter Reed. I got them about 4 years ago. Yes,
they were custom tuned. Initially set to compensate for my audiogram
and then tweaked by my subjective comments. They retailed at that time
for about $5K so I'm told. Being retired military, I qualify for the
DoD's hearing aids at cost program. My total cost out of pocket was
about $850. The audiologist recommended an annual checkup or anytime
sooner if a problem develops.
Reading some of your other comments in this thread, it seems that you
don't have a complaint of muffled sound when listening to other radios.
If that's the case, and the other radios have a similar audio frequency
response, your problem may not be your hearing. Perhaps it is the
radio. Good luck!
I think it's the radio too, but I do have an interest in hearing aids. I
hear about 80% of the people I meet fine, but some talk so low I can't.
And at meetings, but those are not as common anymore. At home with zoom
I can just turn up the volume. And at movies.
I have a $150 "hearing amplifer" and it works well at my current level
of hearing. Although it has a good design, they seem to have used a
cheap on/off switch and sometimes when I turn it off it stays on and
vice versa. It's just a slide switch, but embedded in hard rubber so I
can't replace it. Maybe I'm getting more used to it, although... I can understand the voice when it says "Power off" or "Power on" but after
she says On she says something else and I can't come close to
understanding. (In this casee, it is not about my hearing, but about
the device.)
I like the onse with a yoke, so when they fall out of my ears as they
often do, I don't lose them. None of the high quality hearing aids
like yours or the Otikon that Clare mentinoed come in yoke form, do
they?
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.
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.
On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:42:01 -0400, 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
Did you take it out of the Amazon box first?
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