Why Does Music On the Radio Sound Better Than Music Played on a home CD player?
When I hear music on the radio stations, it sounds rich and has perfect balance between high treble tones and low bass tones, and it just sounds great. But when I play the SAME exact song on a CD at home, the quality sounds lame compared to when I hear the same song on the radio. Why is this? what do they do to the music before they send it out over the radio that makes it sound so much higher quality? I have high quality speakers, and when I play the radio through them they sound Awesome!, But when I play the same song on CD through the same speakers it still sounds like lower quality.
Sounds like you have a CCDP type of a problem. These days this is very common, as most people buy plug-and-play systems. Unfortunately, there is no other solution but to get a HQCDP. Sure it will cost you, but the difference will blow you away.
Happy listening!
PS CCDP- Crap CD Player; HQCDP-High Quality CD Player. Anything bought from a supermarket, hardware store, discount store, etc. is usualy a CCDP.
February 9th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Sounds like you have a CCDP type of a problem. These days this is very common, as most people buy plug-and-play systems. Unfortunately, there is no other solution but to get a HQCDP. Sure it will cost you, but the difference will blow you away.
Happy listening!
PS CCDP- Crap CD Player; HQCDP-High Quality CD Player. Anything bought from a supermarket, hardware store, discount store, etc. is usualy a CCDP.
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February 9th, 2010 at 5:15 pm
For one, FM radio stations restrict their broadcasts to 30-15,000 Hertz, while most CD players have 20-20,000 frequency response, which is wider.
So the problem is with your CD player.
Restricting the response allows stations to broadcast their signal further.
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