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[Phil]

There's equipment out there that can handle it. Watch this video; "hot stuff" at 1:10, whacks at 2:00. Nostalgia car but still loud as all hell - and clear as a sunny day.

That sounds great! and a couple of races ago, may have been New England, on the early Friday session , the track-side sound was amazing on NHRA.TV. Then they adjusted it to "normal", and back to the sub-par audio. I too have a decent surround AV setup, but unfortunately the motor mouth announcers step all over any of the trackside audio, so it's more annoying turning up the volume. When you're at the track and the cars are running, they get drowned out, which is a relief. They seem like nice people, just don't know when to not talk.

 

[Rasn1320]

That sounds great! and a couple of races ago, may have been New England, on the early Friday session , the track-side sound was amazing on NHRA.TV. Then they adjusted it to "normal", and back to the sub-par audio. I too have a decent surround AV setup, but unfortunately the motor mouth announcers step all over any of the trackside audio, so it's more annoying turning up the volume. When you're at the track and the cars are running, they get drowned out, which is a relief. They seem like nice people, just don't know when to not talk.

I think alot of these announcers have big egos that think they must be heard,yea no thx. I emailed nhra tv and they said they will check into and pass it along about loud announcers and no car soumd,maybe next year they will get it right LOL

 

[Billy]

Yea pretty much,since your about the only one on here that says sounds of the cars is ok on .tv

You are taking a topic that is SUBJECTIVE and expecting an OBJECTIVE answer. I am not the only one who is fine with it. This is a discussion board where opinions are shared. What I wouldn't have given to have had the streaming technology in the 80s, 90s and aughts. What JOY it has brought me to be able to feel like you are at the event because you hear the actual announcers. So yes, if someone comes for my joy and disparages it, then I am going to defend it. That is the American way, and very much the drag racing way. They have a livetream for EVERY day of a national event, and numerous Lucas Oil Divisionals (damn I wish they had that in the 80s with the amazing D1 crew of Manzo, Newberry, Gallen, Karp and Bell battling it out!). I don't know the details that go into an audio mix - that is not my expertise. But for something that calculates out to $13.75/month, it sounds fantastic to me, and I will continue to defend MY opinion of what is provided. I am not here to be negative - here to share the JOY of drag racing.

 

[yoda]

I have a Dolby Atmos surround sound system. I know NHRA doesn’t have Atmos, but it still projects the full surround sound amazingly in my living room. It has directional audio so it changes to mimic movement. Kind of like a plane going across the sky. It is loud and then then farther away it goes, the quieter it is.

Home viewers have a variety of different sound designs in their homes; i would say with a Dolby Atmos rig, you are in the 15-20 percentile. And when you get to public viewing (Hooters, BWW, sports bars), true high-tech audio is close to zero percent. I believe NHRA.TV is targeting the lowes-common denominator as far as technology, for costs and actual need of the client. If they made the investment in concert-quality broadcast sound, their tour production budget would outweigh the return.