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Power's HD signal...

deejaywestbrook

deejaywestbrook

Been noticing these last few weeks that when Power961's HD1 signal kicks in the volume drops about 8 decibels. Of course, we all know that Q997's output is way too loud and punchy. Gets even louder when they're HD signal kicks in. So they're just ridiculous. Power's volume matches Q and every other station in analog but as soon as their HD1 signal kicks in the volume drops tremendously. Even lower than all the other stations. Is this perhaps on purpose or is it something they need to look in too. It drives me crazy flipping through different stations. Any thoughts?
 
I don't know about that, but I can't listen to Q99-7 for long periods because of what I consider to be its annoying processing. But lots of people apparently disagree with me based on its ratings.
 
deejaywestbrook said:
Been noticing these last few weeks that when Power961's HD1 signal kicks in the volume drops about 8 decibels. Of course, we all know that Q997's output is way too loud and punchy. Gets even louder when they're HD signal kicks in. So they're just ridiculous. Power's volume matches Q and every other station in analog but as soon as their HD1 signal kicks in the volume drops tremendously. Even lower than all the other stations. Is this perhaps on purpose or is it something they need to look in too. It drives me crazy flipping through different stations. Any thoughts?
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Yes I’ve noticed too. I get a fringe signal in my basement and the HD will drop out sometimes and switch back to analog and the volume is blasting.
 
The processing of the analog and HD signals paths are separate from each other and making them sound exactly the same with the same volume and sonic quality is difficult to do unless you have expensive equipment and an engineer who knows what they are doing. It can be perfect at their main site and all screwed up if they switch to a backup site with different gear. Some of top rated stations in town have analog signals that sound like crap and the HD sounds good and visa versa. The sync between the analog and HD can drift depending on the station's setup and unless they have an automatic monitor to email the engineers about a problem, it can exist for days or weeks. Atlanta has some great CEs and some bad ones...and some corporate supervisors that make the processing decisions who couldn't find their rears with their hands tied behind their backs.
 
There are a couple of stations (not in Atlanta but still the names are with held to protect the guilty) that got tired of paying the contract engineer to come out to sync up the analog and the HD. So the owner installed a switch that would use a HD receiver's audio (with matching audio transformers kits) at the start of the analog chain . If the HD goes down, they would flip the switch and the regular feed from the board would be used. It works well in a sub 150 market.
 
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