Robin Bowes wrote: > Pat Farrell wrote: >> One warning, a lot of gear aimed at touring pros is the audio equivalent >> to the Viking restaurant stoves that yuppies put in their houses... >> not really designed for residential use. They tend to be big, heavy, >> draw a lot of power, give off heat, etc. > > I'm sure *some* pro-audio gear is superb, but some of it is designed to > be bullet-proof, rather than entirely accurate. Some of it has stuff > like cooling fans built-in; that's OK in a bank of amps powering one > side of a large gig, but not so good for home audio.
Heavy, noisy, power sucking, big fans, etc. Just like a Viking stove. In general, when they are designing amps to drive rock bands in football stadiums, the speakers are putting out 120dB or so, which makes cooling fans (and their noise) be unimportant. Actually, cooling fans is what started me into SqueezeBoxen years ago (pre-G model 1 version) because I was tempted to build a multi-media PC for my main listening room. What I loved then about the SB and subsequent models, is that the PC with fans is in the basement next to my furnace and A/C. Its a floor and 50 feet away from my stereo. And the stuff they sell to wanna-bee rock bands is a separate discussion completely -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
