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RMS doesn't bother me near as much as...

Story: Why I Dislike RMSTotal Replies: 9
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cjcox

Feb 18, 2005
9:09 AM EST 		RMS doesn't bother me near as much as THD. I mean, THD really causes the most problems. But I think people get stuck on high RMS values. As long as it is a well matched system and your THD is low, it will sound great.
PaulFerris

Feb 18, 2005
9:34 AM EST 		Don't forget the distortion levels too. Those are important figures when choosing good stereo equipment.
cjcox

Feb 18, 2005
10:57 AM EST 		At least we dont' have to deal with wow and flutter anymore.
devnet

Feb 18, 2005
12:05 PM EST 		He's (RMS) actually got quite a few interesting points...albeit some blown out of spec.
tuxchick

Feb 18, 2005
1:54 PM EST 		ESR is an awesome role model. He's into guns n babes. What more does a person need?
devnet

Feb 18, 2005
2:14 PM EST 		tuxchick:

Beer?
AnonymousCoward

Feb 19, 2005
3:21 AM EST 		What bothers me is people who will pay tens of thousands of dollars for a perfect stereo which then turns the electricity into soundwaves with speakers that have 1-2% distortion.

It also bothers me to see people spend thousands for a noisy, unreliable valve aplifier when exactly the same "warm" effect can be had with two 10c FETs and not much else. Wire in some leaked mains hum and orange LEDs to simulate the effects of the filaments and you're away.

I can see a lot of parallels here with software from our favourite monopolist.
hkwint

Feb 20, 2005
12:17 PM EST 		What botters me is the people saying they can hear the difference between a 1m long cable and the same 5m long cable, while they use graphite cables costing $10.000 / m.

Oh, and it botters me too you people didn't explain what THD means (total harmonic distortion), now I had to look it up in wikipedia.
cjcox

Feb 20, 2005
6:30 PM EST 		I'm suprised that THD didn't show up in Wikipedia as having to do with Tom's Hardware :)
Koriel

Feb 21, 2005
4:34 AM EST 		Their are lies, damned lies and PMP

:)

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