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, knarftheria...@gmail.com <knarftheria...@gmail.com> 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 <do...@nutdriver.org> > Sent: February 3, 2012 2/3/12 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
