19 Oct
2005
19 Oct
'05
9:23 a.m.
Subject: Re: Public Service Announcement: AVOID "bobsbid1"
From: woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:58:15 -0600
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Kevin Handy wrote:
Every time I need an amp for audio, I build one. I have no excuse, I did
audio consoles and the like. None of the chips have decent specs and
reasonable solid state designs with transistor or power MOSFETs are
not hard to cook up.
What amuses me are the systems that have a wallwart (not switch mode either!)
as a PS and claim more than 10-15W of power out. I include those that have
a PS inside that is barely a wallwart. A typical wallwart can't provide
that and a real amp that can do that needs a better source of power.
Computer speakers are amoung the worst with the claims, most are outright
fraud.
Allison
Steven N. Hirsch wrote:
So how many people oil their snakes? It does seem hard to get a good
Hi Fi system nowdays with all the snake oil parts as you have just so cheap
stuff on the low end, and gimics on the high end. With audio nobody gives
any useful specs now days -- THD is done into a dummy load never a
real speaker. What about IM distortion too? PS. I listen to regular music;
classical I find too heavy. Gotta love it when the golden-eared folks apply
RF transmission-line
theory to speaker cabling. My scepticism towards audiophile
snake-oil comes via heredity (my late father spent 40+ years in the
industry).
The snake-oil industry?