On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 03:04:47 -0400, Don Pearce wrote
(in article ):

No, Optimod is a tool seized upon by cheap and nasty radio stations (and yes,

I know that is most of them) for making themselves as noisy and obnoxious as
possible in order to stand out and appeal to the lowest common denominator in

the market. Now I'm sure that is a plan of sorts, and I can't knock it. But
never try to claim that it has anything to do with quality. If you want
quality you just leave out all these extraneous bits - radio does not need
them.

Again, when misused, this is correct. When used correctly, this is not
correct. Many expensive and not-so-nasty radio stations also over-process,
some with an optimod, some with other devices.

There is a compelling reason in area where automotive radio listening is
important. Typically, the road noise obscures the lower level passages of
non-dynamically reduced audio.

If you turn up the car radio to hear the lower levels of the 1812 Overture,
you doors will be blown off when the cannons fire.

Regards,

Ty Ford



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