A good read! On Feb 3, 2012, at 11:23 PM, Tim Bray wrote:
> Since we're descending into a morass of audio geekdom: > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2010/03/04/Record-Player (with > a decent picture, too). -T > > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:06 PM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's even worse than that. >> >> I remember friends who bought receivers and bragged about how "powerful" >> their equipment was, proving it by getting ear-splitting volume by turning >> the knob up to 3 (out of 10). >> >> "CAN'T TURN IT ABOVE 3!", they'd shout over the music, "IT GETS TOO LOUD!" >> >> What they didn't mention is that beyond 3.1 the amp clipped so bad it made >> blood spurt out your ears. >> >> All it really meant is that the volume control was a waste of 3/4 of its >> rotation and therefore was able to do only a mediocre job (at best) of >> effectively modulating the volume. >> >> It was all marketing, wasn't it? >> >> cheers, >> frank >> >> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >> Christopher Hitchens >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >> From: Doug Franklin <[email protected]> >> Sent: February 3, 2012 2/3/12 >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: OT question for electronics geeks >> >> >> >> C'mon folks, it's really very simple. The "self-loudness" ratings that >> consumer electronics give themselves have NO ASSOCIATION WITH ANYTHING >> REAL! I mean, really, why are you kidding yourselves? The circuit does >> something, the "volume" knob turns through a certain arc. What the Hell >> does that have to do with the runes inscribed on the faceplate? >> Especially after some "designer" with a "name" gets hold of it? >> >> -- >> Doug "Lefty" Franklin >> NutDriver Racing >> http://NutDriver.org >> Facebook "NutDriver Racing" >> Sponsored by Murphy >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
