I don't know what world you live in, but spouting lies (sorry, exaggerations) like this and villainizing physicians for sport is downright insulting. I spent 12 years of my adult life working 80+ hours a week and still work longer and harder than most to make 1/100 of your insult and what do I get? Hatred, envy, and sued. I suggest you rethink such blanket condemnations before you **** off the very doctor whose help you desperately need some day.
You speak in ignorance of one who believes strongly in measured performance. Actually quite a few of the posters I would consider to be more performance based guys than voodoo types. But, they seem to also be willing to admit numbers are a part of the story. Profit is not evil. Do not attribute a human trait to an idea or object.
the mod teams are watching this thread, no politics tolerated, stick to technical discussions pretty please.......Seriously? Most movies have a lot more dynamic than modern music. Have you watched Saving Private Ryan lately?
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Here's a ~£300 Behringer monitor speaker
I'm fairly sure this is the woofer they use:
The Madisound Speaker Store
Behringer appears to be using bass drivers that are made in house at their factory ( Behringer City !) in China . I'm not sure where that ribbon driver comes from .
You really believe that this kind of practice is ethical? Its like taking vodka, adding some flavour and selling it for ten times the price as a cure for all that ails you. SNAKE OIL.
My software analyzer only measures 12dB dynamic range in my music collection, relative to average level.
I've also blind tested myself and found that my ears cannot detect clipping until it becomes very severe. Maybe this is why I could not max out the output of my 4W tube amp. It already becomes painfully loud at 3V rms into my 8ohm speakers, and the amp can get louder while remaining clean-sounding.
I urge everyone to play a 1kHz test tone at a level as loud as you can tolerate without wincing in pain, and measure the voltage at the speakers.
I've also blind tested myself and found that my ears cannot detect clipping until it becomes very severe. Maybe this is why I could not max out the output of my 4W tube amp. It already becomes painfully loud at 3V rms into my 8ohm speakers, and the amp can get louder while remaining clean-sounding.
I urge everyone to play a 1kHz test tone at a level as loud as you can tolerate without wincing in pain, and measure the voltage at the speakers.
At least that doctor may save your life! (and at those rates Ild find another doctor).
Now do that with 40 hz. You little amp will crap out in no time and you will definitley hear the clipping.
yes seriously, been to a movie with Hans Zimmerman soundtrack lately? some of it sounds excellent, but some of the movies are just so full of peak limiting its ridiculous
Interesting - that driver looks to be the one I currently have in the two-ways in my system. The retail there is $22.36+VAT. Is VAT 20% now? If so that would make a pair of drivers come to almost 34UKP. My pair of speakers cost me around 58UKP, delivered
The retail margins must still be appreciable.<edit> To get back on-topic, the original is about Ashley James of AVI - he does look to me to be a pot calling other kettles black - his website shows a floor stander with just the two drivers in going for roughly double the above speaker.
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Doctors are cheap compared to dentists. I have keep track of how much it costs. About $1200 an hour, and that's being generous. That's the time in the chair, not the time the dentist is in the room. Supplies are extra.
No matter how you look at it, charging 60X the average wage is somewhat excessive.
Hi-Fi is entertainment. It's hard to put a value on it.
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