Best system was either Purist Audio, where they took a very scientific approach and used scopes to measure the room and tune the syaytem to the room.
Or Shun Mook - where they used ebony as a vibration damper through out the system. This was late 60's McIntosh Gear with an Oracle turntable.
Also I recall an astounding Van den Hul system, where Van den Hul himself demonstrated that the sound stayed the same even if he stood in front of one speaker.
Anyway - interesting how people jump out to bash me when they have never even heard a high end system! Amazing! Experts based on nothing!
I consider the highest quality components to be $5k and above. Systems can range from $5k for an "entry level" high end system, to $25k for an average system, to well over 100k. To give you a feel of the caliber of people, I have met John Hagelin at CES - he has a company called EAD that makes excellent digital gear.
The High End CES show is like a competition for engineering and material design. People go and put forth product knowing that they won't sell a unit because it is an artform and thay are making a statement with their designs. From electronics, to material to presentation - it all has to be the pinnacle.
There is much to be said for clean power, vibration free components, components matched for performance, room treatments, engineering and physics.
Consumer gear sounds like MP3 compared to high end gear, but as the average/. "expert" will tell you "I cain't tell the durn difference!". (And I'm the one with the superiority complex?)
As someone who is into High end audio and has attended the high end audio portion of at least 5 CES shows, I consider myself to have some experience in this area. I have never heard anything that sounded WORSE than THX in a theater. From a purists standpoint, we focus on the quality of the sound rather than how many sources it comes from. It put my ears in PAIN.
If you need 5 or 6 channels, then your sound quality sucks. Well done stereo should provide all of the spatial queues given by six channels. Even that is debateable. I have heard some astounding MONO as well.
All this is is a Microsoftish attempt to lay claims on some marketing BS that only appeaks to Americans who think that more is better!
Just like a 1.4gHz PIV.
Just like those who think that a Pandora Peaks style boob job that you have to carry in a wheelbarrow is "sexier" than what is natural.
I have the Sejin beamer plus infared KB. It rocks. it does everything you need.
- Ergonomic
- accurate usable trackball
- T shaped arrows
- three infared transmitters
- built in programmable remotes for hifi, tv and vcr equipment.
- long battery life
I use it because I have a Hitachi 60" RPTV with a computer hooked up on it via the Audio Authority VGA-component video adaptor. I like to sit on the couch and surf or watch divx movies. My kid plays his games, etc.
The only improvement would be if I could get a higher resolution desktop on the screen without cutting off the top and bottom of the screen (TVs use overscan).
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Best system was either Purist Audio, where they took a very scientific approach and used scopes to measure the room and tune the syaytem to the room.
/. "expert" will tell you "I cain't tell the durn difference!". (And I'm the one with the superiority complex?)
Or Shun Mook - where they used ebony as a vibration damper through out the system. This was late 60's McIntosh Gear with an Oracle turntable.
Also I recall an astounding Van den Hul system, where Van den Hul himself demonstrated that the sound stayed the same even if he stood in front of one speaker.
Anyway - interesting how people jump out to bash me when they have never even heard a high end system! Amazing! Experts based on nothing!
I consider the highest quality components to be $5k and above. Systems can range from $5k for an "entry level" high end system, to $25k for an average system, to well over 100k. To give you a feel of the caliber of people, I have met John Hagelin at CES - he has a company called EAD that makes excellent digital gear.
The High End CES show is like a competition for engineering and material design. People go and put forth product knowing that they won't sell a unit because it is an artform and thay are making a statement with their designs. From electronics, to material to presentation - it all has to be the pinnacle.
There is much to be said for clean power, vibration free components, components matched for performance, room treatments, engineering and physics.
Consumer gear sounds like MP3 compared to high end gear, but as the average
As someone who is into High end audio and has attended the high end audio portion of at least 5 CES shows, I consider myself to have some experience in this area. I have never heard anything that sounded WORSE than THX in a theater. From a purists standpoint, we focus on the quality of the sound rather than how many sources it comes from. It put my ears in PAIN. If you need 5 or 6 channels, then your sound quality sucks. Well done stereo should provide all of the spatial queues given by six channels. Even that is debateable. I have heard some astounding MONO as well. All this is is a Microsoftish attempt to lay claims on some marketing BS that only appeaks to Americans who think that more is better! Just like a 1.4gHz PIV. Just like those who think that a Pandora Peaks style boob job that you have to carry in a wheelbarrow is "sexier" than what is natural.
Regarding the original post -
.net environment available to Linux. That's not a Windows machine.
For someone who got a "5", he sure didn't know what the hell he was talking about.
Corel is making the
I have the Sejin beamer plus infared KB. It rocks. it does everything you need.
- Ergonomic
- accurate usable trackball
- T shaped arrows
- three infared transmitters
- built in programmable remotes for hifi, tv and vcr equipment.
- long battery life
I use it because I have a Hitachi 60" RPTV with a computer hooked up on it via the Audio Authority VGA-component video adaptor. I like to sit on the couch and surf or watch divx movies. My kid plays his games, etc.
The only improvement would be if I could get a higher resolution desktop on the screen without cutting off the top and bottom of the screen (TVs use overscan).