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Even pink noise at 82 dB is just very loud. In fact, there is a reason why pink noise signals for calibration purposes are recorded at -30 dBFs, because people started to complain that the test tones at 85 dB were just too damn loud. :D I can't listen to most music at 82 dB SPL on average. It's...

Yes. Power supplies are not being stressed a great majority of the time due to the wonderful crest factor of audio. A nice fact of life is that amplifiers short term peaks are supplied by power from the power supply filter capacitors. These charge up during quiet passages and get partially...

Sorry for presuming that you did, after you posted the sensitivity figures and then said the speaker absolutely qualified as a 4 ohm load. I agree, that is why I said we should define what 'reasonable' is so we can make the term relevant. Great, thanks I'll take a look at Gene's article.

Sorry if I was unclear myself, but my recent reply to you was more concentrated on the Salons and your (presumably) sighted report of hearing large audible improvements jumping from a very capable power amp to a very, very capable power amp in reasonable conditions. Unless the conditions were...

I see no evidence that this speaker is abnormally difficult or complex to drive. Let us take 83 dB 1W/1M. Sit 3 meters back. With 50 watts you are hitting 96 dB SPL. Let us subtract 6 dB, because we are trying to be conservative and assume 90 dB SPL. So with 50 watts, you are hitting 90 dB...

How did you level match? How was the switching done? Was the testing done sighted? How many trials? At reasonably loud listening levels, let's say 82 dB, those Ultima Salons will still be drawing fractions of a watt on average. Unless your room is the size of a gymnasium and you are sitting...

I understand and I hear this a lot on audio forums, but there never appears to be any evidence to suggest that this is actually true, except in extreme conditions that no reasonable person would subject themselves to. When I ask someone why they think they need more power, do you know what...

Thank you for the review. Just a question : Are you suggesting the receiver has a biased predisposition towards handling movie soundtracks over two-channel signals?

+1. When did you become a moderator? :D Congrats.

Comparing speakers? What are you talking about? It's more than possible that he exceeded the mechanical limits of his speaker long before reaching the thermal limits. You can exceed the excursion limits of a speaker even at half thermal rating, and since he has not described the actual...

It's possible you exceeded the speakers mechanical limits (too much woofer excursion) and consequently experienced distortion.

Why would a Blu-ray player require a beefy power supply? Please explain.

Gene, thank you for the detailed review and technical report of the UD7007. DAC performance in 2014 is pretty exemplary these days, so in what way would the UD7007 outperform a lesser Blu-ray player, for example, one that costs $150, in terms of stereo performance? Wider sound stage, more...

I was just wondering, because he sounds like me. He might just be ... ... me. Just kidding. :D

Excellent post. Welcome to the forums. Do you post on AVSforum, by any chance?

This post is rather refreshing. Gene may not approve, however. :D Measurements into 8 ohm or 4 ohm loads can be useful. Output tests can be useful. Measuring THD+N can be useful. Comparing receivers and integrated/power amplifiers using the same test methodologies can be useful. Or not...

First off, thank you for the review. Second, where are the test bench results? It would be nice to have a comprehensive technical report on this component. If no testing is done, other than subjective sighted reporting, which, let's face it, isn't exactly testing anything other than your...

How did you level-match the equipment?

I suspected single blind. Thanks.

What does 'SBT' stand for ?