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08-14-2004, 01:06 PM

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^ ya not to mention the quality of the part is high end.. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

The advantage of Optical is it sounds cool and sells.

I drink the Koolaid

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08-14-2004, 01:36 PM

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Back to the amp ratings, and some of you old school guys will agree,thats why I love old quality gear.A linear power 8002 was rated at 800x1 into 8ohms@11.4v.A newer amp claims its power at 2 ohms and 14.4v downhill with a tailwind!

08-15-2004, 07:35 AM

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^ Yeah but an 8002 cost around $2k when new. You can get the same 800 legitimate Class AB watts for half that now.

One of the major problems with car audio is that there is no enforced mandatory rating system for power.

08-15-2004, 10:10 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by pinhead:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by mike bisson:
the more important factor is if the receiver's power supply is discrete or not.

i think you mean output is discrete
since all home amp power supplys i've seen consist of a transformer and capacitors and rectifiers </font>[/QUOTE]Doh!!! -- too much sun....

* ok for you non history buffs.... I have the habit of refering to history/books/films/tv when making examples and I guess my references can be obscure or slip through the generation gap.

When I say don't drink the Kool Aid I'm refering to the JONE'S TOWN TRAGEDY wherein Jim Jones convinced his followers to drink poison Kool Aid rather than facing the fallout of his henchmen killing several people, including a senator, on a runway. In other words, what I am saying is don't believe other's BS -- just because someone says something is so, does not mean it is... trust your own experiance and intuition.

08-15-2004, 10:15 AM

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Quote:

Originally posted by Orion_95:
What about the fact that when using an optical cable, You have 2 extra conversions (electrical-light and back) And we all know conversions = loss.

??? thoughts ???

Interesting point; however, as long as the "extra" conversions happen in the digital domain will it have an adverse effect on sound? [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] I would think the effect would be negligiable.

The key type of "extra conversions" to avoid are D/A and/or A/D conversions. For example, some surround receivers will convert an analoge signal to digital and then re-convert it back to analoge even in "direct" mode.

08-15-2004, 10:20 AM

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Isn't the basic premise of CSA to ensure that products are "safe" and will not catch fire? They don't test the "quality" of a unit. I remember watching the CSA inspector come in to "certify" some Parasound equipment years back... he daisy chained 10 pieces together, plugged them in, turned them on... waited 30 minutes and put a CSA sticker on them.