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Barry Mann
August 2nd 03, 04:16 PM
In >, on 08/01/03
at 02:45 AM, "Trevor Wilson" > said:

>A great deal of comment is made about the hyperbole surrounding the
>advertising copy for many high end audio products. Some of this
>hyperbole makes some sense. Much does not. Much deserves to be
>criticised accordingly. However, we rarely see comments about mass
>market products. I thought you'd enjoy these words I found in the
>Marantz SR18 receiver service manual:

>---
>DTS
>An amazing new technology for surround-sound entertainment, DTS
>Digital Surround is an encode/decode system that delivers six channels
>(5.1) of master-quality, 20-bit audio. ........<SNIP>
>.......Each of these six channels is audibly superior to the linear
>PCM audio found on conventional compact discs.
>---

>Hmmm.

A (long) while back a reviewer described an amplifier as having an
"orange peal" sound.

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