> > Which station do you think has the best audio in our
> market.
> > Of course this is very subjective. What one person
> thinks
> > is good another may not agree. Put programming,
> > personalities, and ownership aside. Who do you think has
> > the best sound quality. My two cents has WUSF so very
> > clean...it hurts! WRBQ is my pick from the commercial
> > stations. DUV wins as best "analog". The Point is good
> on
> > my ears. The Eagle is loud and clean. The Bone (good
> grief
> > couldn't they come up with something better than that) is
>
> > also nice and loud and clean.
> > QYK is pressing the window a bit, however, always right
> > there. US103.5 has a good sound. 106.3 (WJBQ) needs some
>
> > serious help. What do you think?
> >
>
> You are correct, this is all subjective to a person's ear
> and taste. Also location, I don't get good audio from WRBQ
> and WQYK at home (stations are co-located on a building
> downtown) but they both sound fine at my work.
>
> Otherwise, my #1 pick goes to 107.3. They are always crisp
> without being a "wall of sound". I also hear good lows and
> highs.
>
> Worst, 100.7. Sounds over processed to me. Every time they
> open the mic, with no other audio playing, just a person
> talking, I can hear a whistle in the background. It has
> been like that for years. Clear Channel is usually known
> for pretty good engineering, I'm suprised 100.7 has always
> sounded so bad.
>
> I think 101.5 sounds too over processed as well. Amazing
> that Cox owns 107.3 which sounds great and 101.5 which
> sounds too thick. A good test is, when you listen for 20
> minutes and then turn the station off, do you get a sense of
> relief. This is called listener fatigue and will kill your
> "time spent listening" in the ratings.
>
> Another point, I just bought a new car. The radio sounds
> good on all the FM stations, I checked it out in the test
> drive of course. But, I was shocked when I switched it to
> AM. The AM band sounds horrible. So much worse than
> "normal" AM on other car radios I've had. It is clear they
> didn't spend any $ on the AM portion of this car radio.
> Really hurts AM when it is difficult to even listen to voice
> programming because the audio range is so bad.
>
So very true regarding car AM radios. Appears that the newer the car, the worse the AM radio is.