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Stereotype?? Like separates are better than receivers. Conservative is better than over-hype. I never thought the word can sound like a compliment the way you said it. Thank you.

Oh I am a much happier man graduating from a reciever to a separates set-up, I asure you. And listening in the process. But the quest doesn't end there. I have my sights on much better gears. I often amaze myself at my loquacious insistence on the propriety of conservative power rating...

Exerpted from the FTC rules you cited, thank you. (a)...The manufacturer's rated minimum sine wave continuous average power output, in watts, per channel (if the equipment is designed to amplify two or more channels simultaneously) (c) The amplifier shall be preconditioned by...

You're absolutely right. I am mad as hell at those overhype power claims that dupe unwary consumers. Making promises that make comparisons with other gears conservatively rated almost impossible for the uninitiated. If it says so in stereo mode, fine. On the surface they are not lying, as...

LOL :p Nothing could be more amusing than to have my points misunderstood. Those measurement conditions are stringent as defined by FTC. Not the specs. :p So I ask again, why can't they be as conservative as the FTC would have them? Aragon, Meridian, Byston, NAD, Musical Fidelity...

I am not aware that beliefs of hobbysts are being presented as facts. I don't. In contrast, it is those statistical probabalities and bs embraced by some robots that are being bandied about as facts. They're just opinions to me. No more or less valid as opinions by hobbysts founded on...

When a manufacturer says so, it should. What's the point publishing a spec that falls short on delivering on that? Does it have to be accompanied by so many conditions and fine prints that most consumers don't bother to read nor understand? All this brouhaha about conservative power...

Your NAD T752 is one of the few receiver brands that ust Full Disclosure of power - power-rated using conservative measurement conditions that comply with very stringent FTC requirements that ALL channels be driven. That article on this site confirms what I've always known - that most mass...

Sure, discretionary income is the first thing to go when you have an incurable indulgence like this hobby. Scientific or otherwise, claims are simply that, claims. They are no different from claims about growing hair. Claims about increasing the length of you know what. Claims about...

I have to say that this is probably the only intelligent response I got from the points I've raised. Points well taken. But... Let me once again state my stand. This is a HOBBY. It is not just about AUDIO. There is no denying that AUDIO is science. And that the scientific community...

Nope, statistics is irrelevant in this hobby. A belief system shared among many will never be overturned by a mere statistical result. Afterall, you can have all your respondents in a statistical DBT say they don't see GOD, but such statistics will hardly debunk the belief in GOD. Truth...

If you have a relatively big room, a second sub will produce a more uniform bass dispersion. I think 4 subs around the room will do a better job at making the bass more uniform anywhere in a large room. That, however, is not the same as saying more subs will produce a flatter bass response.

Those BOSE satellite cubes are said to sound no lower than 300hz. Am not so sure if that is their -3db point. But if you can find a COUPLE of subwoofers that can go upwards to 300hz, -3db, then you stand a good chance of not experiencing that "hole" in the response spectra that many complain...

The voicing of speakers is largely a sum total of many design factors. A 1/2" difference in woofer cone diameter may not really matter a great deal as such other factors as the crossover points as well as its coupling with the box dimensions/matererial/shape and port size/location synergize...

There is only one reason why center speakers should be matched with the mains - timbre. Or sound coloraton. Every commericial mass made speaker has one. Doesn't really make for a realistic listening experience for a 12-cylinder Ferrari to sound like a 4-cylinder toyota when it crosses your...

There must be. For sure my Audigy LS doesn't have an SPDIF input. But I'm just wondering if a digital satellite feed would not have some kind of encryption to protect the signal precisely from what you want to do. :D

I don't recall even suggeting that. That's actually one of my points: there is no relationship between perception and DBT test. They are mutually exclusive and irrelevant to each other. Who cares, whether on or not, the knowledge is utterly useless for my purposes. Same with the results...

I am of the opinion you went into the wrong forum. This site is not for high-end stuff but mostly for your mass market gears like receivers. And I am not entirely sure there's one site that says it all. I'd do a Google search of specific products or technologies to have a better picture of...

You must be alluding to a famous or infamous cable test anecdote that had the respondents going oohs and aahs over various named exotic and expensive cable brands. When all the while only zip cords were used. I am not entirely sure how accurate the anecdote is, but it bemuses me that such...

Interesting, I hate to admit it. but despite our differences, I actually share you hatred for those clicks and pops. About the only thing that drove me to CD is their promise of total background silence. At least none that can drive me crazy especially with classical music. That reminds me...