Post by: scrapsD40 on June 01, 2016, 07:40:36 PM
Wondering if any other old buggers have same issue.
Have found in the last 3 or 4 years when listening to local radio stations, I'm forever adjusting the volume.
1-host conversations or talk back never loud enough and have to turn it up.
2-music then seems too loud and find I have to turn it down, and
3-adverts are even louder.
Now before you start, yes I have had regular hearing tests and there's nothing wrong there outside of normal age deterioration.
I am aware that stations tune the adverts to a defined frequency or resonance so that they are pitched differently to get listeners attention, but why the difference between music and talk back etc?
Post by: GeoffA on June 01, 2016, 07:52:17 PM
Post by: noel_w on June 01, 2016, 07:58:11 PM
Just put some acca dacca on loud and don't look back
Post by: Cruiser 105Tvan on June 01, 2016, 08:01:45 PM
Post by: Bird on June 01, 2016, 08:20:32 PM
EVO... NEED NEW STEREO IN COMMODORE!!!!
Post by: Banjo16 on June 01, 2016, 09:24:47 PM
I'm much better now & change the volume without looking, the shrink thinks I'm getting better.
Post by: scrapsD40 on June 01, 2016, 09:33:05 PM
As long as you don't look at the display & find the volume is an odd number, if so must be changed.Unless it's a 5, then that's ok
Post by: UIZ733 on June 01, 2016, 09:33:56 PM
Post by: evolution on June 01, 2016, 09:42:33 PM
The Commodore auto increased volume when you hit a certain speed to compensate for the road noise.. hate it when you pull up at lights and you can hardly hear it..Trust me when I say you don't want to know the price to change a ve onwards stereo.
EVO... NEED NEW STEREO IN COMMODORE!!!!
It has more than two zeros after the first number.
Cheers
Nick
Post by: feisty on June 01, 2016, 09:43:27 PM
However I detest advertisements. I know they a purpose but not in my world.
Luv anything ABC for that very reason.. triple j or anything that doesn't involve Frank Beaumont and his stupid tiles (Victorian reference)
Post by: bobnrob on June 01, 2016, 09:44:32 PM
The Commodore auto increased volume when you hit a certain speed to compensate for the road noise.. hate it when you pull up at lights and you can hardly hear it..
EVO... NEED NEW STEREO IN COMMODORE!!!!
Minister had a SuckSuki last car, and that 'feature' could be turn off in it's settings....got the manual for yours?
But aftermarket is always an improvement over OEM anyway ;)
Post by: Shaun99 on June 01, 2016, 11:05:23 PM
:cheers:
Post by: tracker on June 02, 2016, 05:24:29 AM
Your getting OLD!
:cheers:
X2
Post by: Symon on June 02, 2016, 06:11:07 AM
Adverts loud = Marketing ploy to make sure old buggas can hear the ad.
Bingo.
Advertisements are deliberately louder.
Post by: JohnT on June 02, 2016, 07:07:43 AM
In a nutshell, the volume over the radio or TV stays the say. The perceived change is volume is a trick of the ear. From memory it is because ads have music they appear louder than the spoken word.
Believe it if you will.
Post by: Chappie on June 02, 2016, 07:18:56 AM
or anything that doesn't involve Frank Beaumont and his stupid tiles (Victorian reference)
Feisty, it is not just Victorians who have to put up with him, he does his adds here as well (Brisbane) Beaumont Tiiiiillllllleeeeeessssss.
Sorry, off topic but he really is annoying.
Chappie
Post by: achjimmy on June 02, 2016, 07:31:19 AM
Post by: Bill on June 02, 2016, 08:02:43 AM
I play, Spotify, iTunes, USB or CDs anything but listen to the radio for music. They seem to think I wanna here them gab of instead of the music!I feel your pain sir.
Nothing annoys me more with the radio than idiots talking.
Bill
Post by: jw2170 on June 02, 2016, 09:52:53 AM
I play iTunes when traveling for music, especially when out in the country. If all they had was 'talkback' it would be turned off....
Post by: slcs78 on June 02, 2016, 10:40:59 AM
The Commodore auto increased volume when you hit a certain speed to compensate for the road noise.. hate it when you pull up at lights and you can hardly hear it..
EVO... NEED NEW STEREO IN COMMODORE!!!!
Yep that used to Shit me in my ve. Turning it off was simple enough
Post by: MrCruza on June 02, 2016, 10:49:34 AM
A few year back one of the "Current Affairs" program did some mythbusting on this very topic as a lot of people were complaining about the same thing.
In a nutshell, the volume over the radio or TV stays the say. The perceived change is volume is a trick of the ear. From memory it is because ads have music they appear louder than the spoken word.
Believe it if you will.
When a normal conversation is happening at normal volume the spaces between words make the volume appear at a certain level. However, whentheyplayanaddtheytalkataconstatntvolumewithnopauses... makes it APPEAR louder..
Post by: Cruiser 105Tvan on June 02, 2016, 06:34:52 PM
It's not a trick of the mind, your free to air TV can be just as bad.
Post by: greygonads on June 02, 2016, 07:56:05 PM
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Post by: Bill on June 02, 2016, 08:09:19 PM
Pandora, that's the answer.Love my Pandora...
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Bill
Post by: briann532 on June 02, 2016, 08:40:40 PM
Post by: Troopy_03 on June 02, 2016, 09:23:44 PM
Here's a bit from a website: http://www.freetv.com.au/SiteMedia/w3svc087/Uploads/Documents/f2f4d93a-dad5-4cb4-aff5-5c1c213f5d1e.pdf (http://www.freetv.com.au/SiteMedia/w3svc087/Uploads/Documents/f2f4d93a-dad5-4cb4-aff5-5c1c213f5d1e.pdf)
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2.1
Compression
Most advertisement sound tracks are “processed,” whereas in most cases program material is not. Non processed sound is basically that which has originated from a microphone with some minor adjustments to equalise the quality in certain respects such as matching between microphones. On the other hand, material that is processed is passed through devices such as equalisers and compressors, which are designed to enhance its presence ie to make it sound “up close” or brighter or more immediate. This is referred to as “compression”.
Material that has been compressed will sound louder, even though there is no increase in volume. This is because compression of a sound track raises the energy content of the sound by reducing the dynamic range (i.e. the difference between the peaks and the average level of the sound)thereby making it more dense.
2.2
Spectral processing
The human ear is not equally sensitive to all frequencies in the audible range. As an approximation, the frequencies between 2,000Hz and 4,000Hz are those to which the
ear is most sensitive. If this range of frequencies is boosted at the mixing desk during post production, then this version of the product will sound louder than a version where these frequencies were not boosted. This process of varying the spectral content is known as equalisation.
And I rarely bother with radio these days, 3 X 64GB USB drives keeps me going for quite a while. And even with TV I pre-record and skip through the adds anyway.
Post by: grmas1 on June 11, 2016, 09:12:15 PM
Made me laugh the reference to the caravaner's forum.....Always crack up when I am in Vic and hear the tiles ads.
However I detest advertisements. I know they a purpose but not in my world.
Luv anything ABC for that very reason.. triple j or anything that doesn't involve Frank Beaumont and his stupid tiles (Victorian reference)
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Post by: Bird on June 11, 2016, 09:14:37 PM
Always crack up when I am in Vic and hear the tiles ads.frank walker from naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaationallllllllllllllllllll tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMC6gcWu2LM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMC6gcWu2LM)