Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940

2000-08-16 Thread Ian Horsey
--- "David W. Tamkin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I buy the 640 but the 940 sounds better, I might say "darn." Not even "damn," just "darn" if even that. However, the 940 owner may cry when I tell him/her how much less my 640 weighs and how much less electricity it uses. (The kwh

Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940

2000-08-16 Thread PrinceGaz
From: "Ian Horsey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- "David W. Tamkin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I buy the 640 but the 940 sounds better, I might say "darn." Not even "damn," just "darn" if even that. However, the 940 owner may cry when I tell him/her how much less my 640 weighs and how much

Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940

2000-08-16 Thread Ian Horsey
--- PrinceGaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Someone said the 940 is stated as using 12W against the 640 using 9W of power. snip So if I kept the 940 on 24hrs a day, it would cost a (not so grand) total of 1.79 pence per day, or to put it in perspective if I left it on 24x7 365 days a

Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940

2000-08-16 Thread David W. Tamkin
Richard responded, | It's a real shame you can't try them out. Prior to your post I would have | thought that New Zealand was about the hardest place in the world to access | and try MD items. It seems that in the US one finds MD equipment nowadays only in the chain stores, which carry

Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940

2000-08-16 Thread J. Coon
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === We pay something like $0.10 US per kWHr in the

Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940

2000-08-15 Thread David W. Tamkin
Someone who wants to be called a Clueless Towel was kind enough to address my question. I had asked, Is there a comparison somewhere of the features of the Sony MDS-JE640 to those of their MDS-JB940? and Towel replied, | While looking for speakers today, a salesman thrust a copy of the

RE: MD: JE640 vs. JB940

2000-08-15 Thread Richard Lang
W. Tamkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 16 August 2000 9:10 a.m. Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940 Video-Direct tell me they'll have a price on the JE640 by the end of the week. Sounds as though I'll cancel my order with them for a JB940 and get a JE6

Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940

2000-08-15 Thread David W. Tamkin
Richard, you and I live in different universes. | When deciding which of the two units to buy, one comment I would make is: | if you can, *listen* to the two units before you buy. Operative clause: "if you can." Neither of those units is going to be on display in any store near me. To

RE: MD: JE640 vs. JB940

2000-08-15 Thread Richard Lang
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Re: MD: JE640 vs. JB940

2000-08-15 Thread Graham Baker
On weight - you do seem to view the greater weight spec of the 940 as negative, I think weight could be a positive, as it might indicate better build quality (maybe better reliability e.g. the transport, if not sound quality etc Maybe I'm becoming cynical in my old age but all this