Sound on my new radio is muffled.

Absolutely incomprehensible. I suppose it would have been too expensive for them to post a picture of the things ACTUALLY IN USE WITH A HUMAN EAR...

No. I don't think so.

Interesting.

Well, here is the end of the first chapter:

I'm still going to talk to the manufacturer about what equalizer settings work best, or any physical improvement like changing the speakers, or stuffing with foam,

but two nights ago I bought a patch cable for the L & R Line OUts that plugs into the AUX on the rdio above it, and now the sound is pretty good, certainly good enough for me (who has a tin ear which is why it's surprising this radio wasn't good enough for me.) The cable merges L & R so even though I paid extra for stereo speakers, it's monaural.

In addition, this means I can leave the internet radio on all night, with the sound turned down to zero, and use the Sleep function of the second radio, so it will turn off after an hour or two. On the internet radio, the Sleep function** disables almost all the controls and doesn't let me watch the name of the songs being played or see the graphic that comes with each station or each song. That's just entertaining enough to keep my attention but not enough to keep me awake. **It just displays the time, which is boring.

The second radio, the Sangean WR-22, has very little tone control, but I pressed a button my mistake and found that 3 years ago when I got it, I had set the bass to -3 and the treble to +1. Simple, small changes, and I've been happy with that.

Back to the internet radio using its own speakers, I've only played a few songs. The music is probably okay, but the lyrics are muffled, muddled, or muddy. So even they are better through the other radio.

I know I'm not following the advice of people who said to send it back but I didn't find a better replacement, also with presets. Maybe there is one but I'm tired of looking.

Thanks all. I couldn't have done it withou' you.

At least there is some. :-) I may have a second thread coming and I'll include them.

Wonder if polarity is reversed on one channel of your original source?

I know but I checked and I was right. This one doesn't have it.

If you have "Radio" preset, then use it. It is close to "Telephone", but "Telephone" cuts out both the high and low frequencies. It's perfect for listening to human voice.

These are the screen grabs of the equalizer in my computer. I have posted them to a free image hosting site:

"Telephone" preset:

"Radio" preset:

On 22 Sep 2023 18:36:58 GMT, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...

On 22 Sep 2023 23:00:58 GMT, rbowman posted for all of us to digest...

It's what between them?

Why do people purchase "Internet Radios"? If you have a smartphone, laptop, or desktop you already own a beyond fully featured "Internet Radio" that you can update or tweak to always ensure that it will work.