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CBS-FM Audio (Again)

Listen to them when they're playing Christmas music. Compare them to Lite-fm. Lite will blow 101 out of the water. You'd figure they're both going for office listening processing. Lite knows how to do it well. Or at least okay. CBS is clueless.
 
With all the buzz around Nash FM, and b.t.w. there perfect audio quality, I try to listen to CBS FM this morning... But again, it's totally unlistenable right now. Only what I hear is low end, no fresh highs it sounds like AM-stereo but guess what, AM Stereo sounds by far better than CBS FM at the moment. This is a shame for NYC radio and CBS FM in general with so much heritage and history. Nash FM's audio is so much better so CBS FM eat your heart out! :mad:
 
I think Nash has too much low end, distortion on the highs and is generally a TSL tun off. Gives me a headache after 10 minutes.

I know that they're going for sampling right now and to get people to stop on the station by being the loudest thing on the dial, but at some point they need to back it off from 11 to around 9. No Omnia puns intended!
 
I have seen it stated on different boards that one person does all of the Cumulus processing settings for the entire country. It has been said that the local engineers do not have the passwords on the processors. LOUD seems to be the mantra of most Cumulus stations. Especially if it is what they might consider a fringe or rim shot signal. WNSH would probably be considered a rim shot signal.
 
Could someone with engineering experience explain what is technically so bad about CBS-FM's audio? i.e. distortion, clipping, etc.? I do not have much experience with it, but I am curious what the engineering explanation would be about how awful it sounds. Got a chance to listen to K-Earth 101 out in LA last week while visiting. Their engineering staff needs to come and tweak CBS-FM's processor!

It's still getting pummeled in Jersey by B101 in areas that CBS-FM used to be loud and clear. B101 is much louder. You'd think they'd want to avoid that!
 
Sounds like the reverb is back on the mics. I swear, the audio on this station gets tweaked almost as often as you hear Bruno Mars' "Locked out of Heaven" on the rest of the NYC radio dial... ;D
 
It's only a reverb that's added in the chain, nothing more, nothing less. It still sounds awfull! So what is more important, better overall sound quality, or a reverb? I don't give sh...if there is a reverb or not.
 
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