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Old 02-09-2006, 06:48 PM
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Default Re: AM radio sounds terrible

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Originally Posted by tarabell
I don't know if this is a reasonable distinction, but the AM problem doesn't seem like a reception issue to me. It's more just purely the "sound". It seems more like someone at the factory bumped the equalizer knob and flattened the sound before they started mass-producing the radios
Have you listened to AM very much in other radios? AM quality, because of the way it works, sucks inherently - not just reception, but also in the general sound quality. So it should sound worse than CD or FM on your stereo. That said, if you're convinced that it sounds worse than other AM radios you use then perhaps there's something to it. It's also possible that they figure now in the days of FM, XM and mp3, that nobody really cares much about AM anymore so don't put much effort into making it sound good.

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