[Stager]

[quote=... and of course, I have no control over what the individual radio
stations do.[/QUOTE]

That ain't necessarily so.

I use a DBX 118 dynamic range enhancer at about a 1:1.4 expansion ratio between my Mac MR-71 and preamp.

The music, what little decent music is still going over the air, gets back some of the life the stations squeezed out of it.
Not a perfect fix, by any means, but without it the music is lifeless. I wouldn't be without it.

MS