I haven’t been over there in a while to ‘buttonpunch’ the dial but I’ll give kudos to 102.9 who back in the mid-late 80’s had the best sound in town, moderately processed using analog processing.
You haven't been here in a while. They, along with the Bone, and followed
on the heels by Jack FM, IMO, have some of the worse processing in town.
Muddy, pumping, different volume levels, sometimes distortion. Sounds
terrible. Like a bad MP3. Probably a product of digital processing and HD.
I've been wondering if all the tinkering for HD leads to bad analog output.
I'm no engineer whatsoever, but it does make me wonder....
The engineers need to realize not everyone has an HD radio, or desires one
(if that is indeed what is affecting the current signals).
I had an engineer tell me one time that the best processing is
NOprocessing at all (flat audio). Send out a signal and let the
LISTENER tweak it to
THEIR taste. Don't do it for them.
I tend to agree.
I agree, FLAT is best but then again not everyone has a Optimod on their stereo
