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Reminder of what AM could sound like....

C

ChiefOperator

Today, I visited the studios of an AM that I'll soon be engineering. The AM plays music. While inspecting the board, I noticed how outstanding the program bus sounded (or I thought) . I then noticed that the monitor selector switch was in the "air" position, not the pgm position. Further inspection showed that I was listening to the full-bandwidth audio feed from the modulation monitor. It was somewhat depressing as I thought about how good AM could sound, given the proper receiver..... It was sad really....
 
Know what you mean...I had an AM station that played oldies using a CRL Amigo processor...it sounded SO dang good coming out of the mod monitor in the studio...
 
I know what a shock! I'll bet the processor is analog too... say what you want about digital for FM, nothing has beaten a 9100 yet, which would be my choice for audio if I started or inherited a station tomorrow.
 
Yes, in fact, the processor is analog--an older Inovonics. It sounded very close to mono FM. Had sad it is that we don't have receivers capable of quality AM. I think people would be shocked if they heard AM through a mod monitor....
 
They would be shocked if they heard a good AM car radio from the 1960s.

I'll take the sound of a good AM signal and radio over FM any day, especially in the car.
Multipath noise sounds worse to me than AM's "flaws".
 
There is a nice mod to the PMC-450 CRL AM limiter that lowers the threshold of limiting so that more peak control is dealt with by the limiter... makes an OK box sound awesome.
 
Tom Wells said:
Multipath noise sounds worse to me than AM's "flaws".
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Boy, can you ever say that again! As many times as you can stand repeating it! And I think that the way you've put it, it's an understatement.
 
I run a CRL MBL-100 on our locally programmed Classic Country 1KW..
It rolls off at 7.5khz....
Whether on my GE Superradio or right off the mod monitor, it's a nice sounding signal...
The coverage is good too....
Moderation regarding the settings is the bottom line...finding the edge...
Now if there was just a few more radios out there capable of hearing it.....
 
river radio ranch said:
I run a CRL MBL-100 on our locally programmed Classic Country 1KW..
It rolls off at 7.5khz....
Whether on my GE Superradio or right off the mod monitor, it's a nice sounding signal...
The coverage is good too....
Moderation regarding the settings is the bottom line...finding the edge...
Now if there was just a few more radios out there capable of hearing it.....
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Finding the edge...very true. The best view occurs as close to the edge of the mountaintop as you can get without falling off...same logic applies to audio processing. It's a talented engineer who can straddle that narrow line.
 
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