Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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When talking about the "level" problem of the podcasts, what are people talking about? Are they talking about the volume? Are they talking about the frequency response? I'm a bit confused because your show is just the two of you talking. What are people expecting? Booming bass and high treble?
If the complaint is about overall volume, then run your show through a "Normalize" function before you transcode it to it final formats. Normalizing from what I've seen is a pretty standard function of most audio editors.
If the complaint is that we can't hear all of the frequencies in your melodious voices (*cough*), what's the big deal? You're not playing music, so complaining about a narrow frequency response for a voice-only podcast is kind of like complaining that a soda that you just pulled from the cooler is at 40 degrees instead of 34 degrees. :) Better yet, it's more like bitching about high-def DVDs offering a Dolby Digital, 7.1, super-high-bitrate track, but -- OH MY GOD!!!! IT'S NOT LOSSLESS!!!! { insert evil grin here }
I would agree about the volume level, in which case a basic Normalize should handle that problem easily. If the complaint is about the response frequency of the podcast -- pfft. Whatever. :)