-=[ Quoting Bonnie Goodwin to Robert Marcus ]=-
 BG> After carefully getting tuned, aligned, certified and accepted by the
 BG> Dolby, HSX, SRS and who knows whate else that their theatre sound
 BG> system is indeed perfectly set up, the theatre menager walks in and
 BG> says "I can't hear the surronds, turn them up" and "I can't FEEL the
 BG> thunder" so the subs also get turned up.
Hehe, I just saw something in the Damark catalog that perked my interest
slightly.  It was a pair of sub transducers you mount to your car's frame
to achieve the bass "feel" without the bass noise.  You supposedly only get
the tactile bass without the audio.  I wonder if anyone's tried this approach
in a home setup?
 BG> How many owners of car stereos with equalizers have that disco "smiley
 BG> faced" curve on it.. even a Bose ad for their "Wave" radio did this on
 BG> the ad!
They would have loved my bent "frownie" I used to have when I had an EQ in
the house. (NOT!)
 BG> I don't think the audio products have this problem, it is the options
 BG> that an uninformed end user gets to mess with and does that is the
 BG> majority of the problems.
I tend to agree.  I don't see the rock-solid engineering of the late 60s'
and early 70's in today's amps as much as I used to.  However, the consumer
grade goods are amazing considering their cost.  If someone goes to various
stores and auditions a wide array of products, they can get something that's
very pleasing.
Consider my age when I say this, I'm 39.  When I was younger, the differences
in a given price range were much clearer then they are now.  An entry-level
tape deck (only 1 record/play head) from 5 different manufacturs at the same
price point would show variations in workmanship that boggled the mind.  
hese
days, a consumer grade cassette deck costing say $150 will be about the same
quality no matter who manufactured it.  The consumer gets to pick between the
bells/whistles approach and the "no nonsense" approach.
When you consider how many bells/whistles are on low and mid-priced consumer
gear, I'd go for the "no nonsense" approach hands down and hope for some
honest engineering.  Not to mention, the less bells and whistles there are
on the new piece, the less of these same bells and whistles will fall off!
                                Phil
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