why thx certified?
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George M. Middius cmndr [underscore] george [at] comcast [dot] net
wrote:
Brother Horace the Irreparably Hearing-Impaired chanted:
I believe that it once was 100 audibly clean watts
Everybody should bear in mind that Clerkie's hearing is substantially
subpar. What is "audibly clean" to Harold is noisy and dirty to 99% of
everybody else.
but I think you will find that most high-end tube amps
available these days fall far short of both the units you
listed, as well as of the THX standards.
Of course, Harold hasn't been in the same room with a tube amp for 20
years, and all he knows of "high-end tube amps" is the pictures he clips
from magazines.
"THX standards" are, of course, wholly irrelevant to music reproduction.
Obviously, THX is a faith-based system.
That explains why you're so enthralled with it, Brother Horace. Would you
like to lead us in a "Hail Lucas" chant?
I think that the amp, preamp, and surround-processor
standards work quite well for even serious audio buffs
Once again, Clerkie departs from the reality known to real music lovers.
"Audio buffs" is his pet term for trend-sucking, gadget-happy bubbleheads
who, like Clerkie himself, strive to fill up every square foot of their
abodes with the latest whiz-bang electronic gimmickry. What the heck -- it
all sounds the same anyway, right?
Gosh, if it sounds the same, the THX required "Cinema Re-eq" and
boundary compensations must not do anything at all.
Stephen
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