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Who's LOUDER?

317C50KW

317C50KW

I'm more interested in audio processing than the actual programming. So I lined up 93.3, 102.9, 106.1 and 107.9 on the push buttons of the car radio this morning while running errands and tried to figure out who's the loudest of the 4. This unscientific study was conducted while driving across Dallas via Forest Lane and 635 and lasted about 35 minutes. The car radio was the stock unit in a 2010 Escape. It's a decent sounding radio.

In a perfect world all stations would have to play the same song at the same time to even have a chance at comparison. And I'm going on perceived loudness, not what the modulation monitor in the rack says (though we all know it's pinned to 125% and never moves).

106.1 and 107.9 are pretty close as the loudest over-all. 93.3 was loud but had much deeper bass, and 102.9 seemed ever so slightly less loud but still pretty competitive (maybe a little more female at work friendlier...surprised no one has a factory preset for that!).

I'm guessing all 4 stations are using the top of the line Omnia (11 and 9) or Orban (8500-8600) boxes.

Again the one that stood out to my ears was 93.3 with the deeper, more processed "big bottom."

What do you hear?
 
Way back when, in Big D, part one would've been between KLIF 1190 & KBOX 1480.
 
Just remember the louder you get, the shorter your time spent listening. The audio processing gear is much more sophisticated than when the war started in the late 60s, but the end result is the same. Loudness is just one part of the puzzle......still.

GM
 
Kiss is most likely using one of the newest units on the market, while i93 sounds like it may be using a Vorsis or older Omnia 6, due to the fact that there is no leveling on quiet songs, etc. 1079 needs to adjust their processing / source material. Some songs sound like plain GARBAGE.
 
Interesting question... I would consider this far from a proper test but I turned on my Sony XDR-F1HD and fired Adobe Soundbooth CS5 up. Just watching the dB meter flipping thru the 4, it looks like i93 is the loudest. Kiss and H20 are in the middle and I'm gonna give Kiss a slight edge. Now 102.9 is the quietest. This was monitoring the hybrid-digital feed, not analog. Best way to test would be to watch/sample each station playing the same song. Might be something I can try and do over the weekend but no promises :)
 
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