In article .com,
Robert wrote:
I wonder if anyone can suggest whre I could buy a 'box' that would
compress music to a reduced dynamic range.

I listen to the radio in my office at work. there is quite high
backgound noise (about 45dB) from computes in my office but I don't
want to disturb by neighbours though the partition walls.

I listen mainly to Radio 3 on DAB so my source is not compressed. At
the moment I am foreever turning the volume up and down.

DAB offers a compression facility at the receiver - but perhaps not
implemented on your system?

Is it a portable radio or some form of separates? If you can get at the
output of the tuner - or there's some form of tape recording loop, etc -
you could add a low cost compressor from the likes of Behringer.

Personally, I'd find the sound unaceptable, though. The 'Optimod' that
they use on R3 FM at certain times to do just this job costs thousands -
and I'm not keen on those either. ;-)

I take it you can't get decent FM reception in your office?

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