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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?
On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:42:01 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@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
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.
4.1 on 24 ratings. That\'s pretty good and I think we\'ve all seen
reviews, of restaurants too, where one person says it was terrible and
the other says 5 stars. So i didn\'t worry too much about reviews,
mostly because iirc this and one other they themselves sell were the
only wifi radios with presets. And presets was a deal-breaker,
especially since wifi radios can\'t scan
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.
Considering two (out of thirteen) of the Amazon reviews complained about
the sound and one said a speaker was DOA I\'d lean toward the problem not
being with micky\'s ears.
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?
I have a set of ReSound Linx Quatro hearing aids that were recommendedIn alt.home.repair, on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:10:51 -0400, Retirednoguilt
HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.com> wrote:
On 9/22/2023 1:42 PM, 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?
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.
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. I also noticed I was
having problems understanding dialog on the TV and in face to face
conversations. Turns out I have typical \"mild-moderate\" age-related
hearing loss. Hearing aids made a big difference in what I hear and
almost completely \"repaired\" my stereo system. If you will be getting
your first set, make sure they come with a 100% money-back guarantee if
not satisfied, for at least 45-60 days as it takes a little while for
your brain to adjust. Much longer than it takes to adjust to a new
eyeglasses prescription.
What brand did you get and about how much were they?
Do you have to have them \"tuned\" by the audiologist? Just once or every
year or something?
Suggest you scroll through the various equalizer presetsIn sci.electronics.repair, on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 18:01:01 -0400, legg
legg@nospam.magma.ca> wrote:
On Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:42:01 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@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
snip
Make and model number.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG67YH18/
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
On 9/22/2023 4:32 PM, micky wrote:
In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:10:51 -0400, Retirednoguilt
HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.com> wrote:
On 9/22/2023 1:42 PM, 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?
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.
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. I also noticed I was
having problems understanding dialog on the TV and in face to face
conversations. Turns out I have typical \"mild-moderate\" age-related
hearing loss. Hearing aids made a big difference in what I hear and
almost completely \"repaired\" my stereo system. If you will be getting
your first set, make sure they come with a 100% money-back guarantee if
not satisfied, for at least 45-60 days as it takes a little while for
your brain to adjust. Much longer than it takes to adjust to a new
eyeglasses prescription.
What brand did you get and about how much were they?
Do you have to have them \"tuned\" by the audiologist? Just once or every
year or something?
I have a set of ReSound Linx Quatro hearing aids that were recommended
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!
On 2023-09-22, micky <NONONOmisc07@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?
Perhaps tweeter, or midrange driver missing or defective.
perhaps someone was
smuggling illict substances in the speaker box and for reasons
was unable to retreive them, and you have the result.
Have you tried headphones, does that improve the sound? If it sounds
On a sunny day (Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:42:01 -0400) it happened micky
NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote in
gojrgilsq36fjgt7gca1r8d0v6pbscg6bo@4ax.com>:
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 a headphone connector?
If it sounds OK on headphones then the speaker / acoustics of the cabinet is bad.
Use external speaker? or dump it in the garbage,
Have you
tried \"stations\"?
????
There are lots of apps to do this with your phone, and probably plenty
for PC\'s,
as an alternative. Is there a satisfaction warranty for this
\"radio\" so you can send it back and try alternatives?
I use StreamWriter on my PC to automatically store my favorite FM
programs, like the \"Saturday Traditions\" and \"Thom Hartmann\" shows on KBCS.
Is there an audio ng that\'s not dormant that I can post too. alt.audioI 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.
In sci.electronics.repair, on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:42:01 -0400, micky
NONONOmisc07@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.
I\'m trying to connect my wifi radio to a regular radio with bluetooth.
The Grace wifi radio doesn\'t find the Sangrean wr-22, even though it has
found my laptop, even though the laptop has never been on and closer
than 40+ feet from the Wifi radio. And it later found something called
[LG]webOSnnnnnnn which must be in my neighbor\'s house.
But not the Sangrean which only 12 inches above the Wifi.
Is there any chance Grace wifi radio knows how to find headphones, but
not another wifi radio????
The owners manual only mentions headphones but I took that to be becuase
that\'s the standard device and my problem was not foreseen. The
Sangrean works fine when receiving audio from Alexa. Connects very
easily and quickly.
I don\'t know. Mine have never fallen out.What brand did you get and about how much were they?
Do you have to have them \"tuned\" by the audiologist? Just once or every
year or something?
I have a set of ReSound Linx Quatro hearing aids that were recommended
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?
In sci.electronics.repair, on Sat, 23 Sep 2023 23:43:05 -0400, micky
NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
In sci.electronics.repair, on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:42:01 -0400, micky
NONONOmisc07@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.
I\'m trying to connect my wifi radio to a regular radio with bluetooth.
The Grace wifi radio doesn\'t find the Sangrean wr-22, even though it has
found my laptop, even though the laptop has never been on and closer
than 40+ feet from the Wifi radio. And it later found something called
[LG]webOSnnnnnnn which must be in my neighbor\'s house.
But not the Sangrean which only 12 inches above the Wifi.
I let it try for hours, but the Grace wifi never found the Sangrean.
Is there any chance Grace wifi radio knows how to find headphones, but
not another wifi radio????
The owners manual only mentions headphones but I took that to be becuase
that\'s the standard device and my problem was not foreseen. The
Sangrean works fine when receiving audio from Alexa. Connects very
easily and quickly.
If I can\'t connect by bluetooth, there is a Line Out on the Grace and a
Aux In on the Sangrean. Both Stereo**. Are those of the same
amplitude? Will that work? The Aux In says connect, for example, an
iPod, MP3 or CD player. Are their outputs like Line Out would be?
There also a 3.5mm mini headphone jack on the sending radio. Would that
be better than Line Out.
**Even though the Sangrean has only one speaker, it has a stereo Aux In
jack. Do you think that means L and R are merged in the radio?
Or can I merge the left and right channels just by buying the right
Y-cable? Is there a name for that?
On 9/23/2023 11:44 PM, micky wrote:
In sci.electronics.repair, on Sat, 23 Sep 2023 23:43:05 -0400, micky
NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:
In sci.electronics.repair, on Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:42:01 -0400, micky
NONONOmisc07@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.
I\'m trying to connect my wifi radio to a regular radio with bluetooth.
The Grace wifi radio doesn\'t find the Sangrean wr-22, even though it has
found my laptop, even though the laptop has never been on and closer
than 40+ feet from the Wifi radio. And it later found something called
[LG]webOSnnnnnnn which must be in my neighbor\'s house.
But not the Sangrean which only 12 inches above the Wifi.
I let it try for hours, but the Grace wifi never found the Sangrean.
Is there any chance Grace wifi radio knows how to find headphones, but
not another wifi radio????
The owners manual only mentions headphones but I took that to be becuase
that\'s the standard device and my problem was not foreseen. The
Sangrean works fine when receiving audio from Alexa. Connects very
easily and quickly.
If I can\'t connect by bluetooth, there is a Line Out on the Grace and a
Aux In on the Sangrean. Both Stereo**. Are those of the same
amplitude? Will that work? The Aux In says connect, for example, an
iPod, MP3 or CD player. Are their outputs like Line Out would be?
Line out outputs tend to be a fixed output level, not affected by the
volume control. The volume resulting at the receiving device may be at a
different level than the receiving device default, but the volume
control should adjust for that unless the receiving device expects a
significantly different level. The headphone output would allow the
outputting device volume to be adjusted if the line outs are not
compatible for some reason. If the output is too high for the inputting
device, distortion will result.
I would use the line out as my first choice.
You really should talk to the seller of your device about replacing it
with one that actually works or refunding your money..
There also a 3.5mm mini headphone jack on the sending radio. Would that
be better than Line Out.
**Even though the Sangrean has only one speaker, it has a stereo Aux In
jack. Do you think that means L and R are merged in the radio?
Probably.
Or can I merge the left and right channels just by buying the right
Y-cable? Is there a name for that?
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?
I don\'t know. Mine have never fallen out.