Wattage ? Power ? what exactly is it ?

Hi

Id like to bring up something for mine and im sure a few other peoples education and stimulation.

What exactly do the power ratings mean ?

You have a 100 watt rated amplifier and a 2000 watt rated amp, its obvious that there is more energy available in the 2000 watt amp but lets talk about a few points.

1 - How does the 2000 watts actually increase the power, is there more current available ? are the voltage rails larger ? will it drive a lower impedance ?

The other magazine

TAS, has 2 reviews of stuff and unlike Sterophile that do not want to have ads for the stuff under review. TAS reviews some goofy looking scaena speakers at a mere $83K, look like a bunch of stacked painted mortars. But they also have teh right philosophy lotsa drivers move air with less distortion, more drivers done right are unbeatable, ya can't be live with mini speakers and certainly not one driver doing it all, impossible And they review the VTL monster 205 pound SIZED tube amp, but it's just 800W mono, 12 6550 tubes heats teh home?

Speakers too loud?

My system sounds great when the volume knob reaches the 9 o clock & beyond, but before then it sounds a little masked. Is this because my large 3 way speakers need enough power to really start working or because the amp only starts working then.
speakers: Jamo C 809 200W long 400W short 89dB 6ohm
amp: Rotel RA 1062 only rated to 60W but reviews say it has great current delivery so can drive difficult speakers.
CDP: Marantz 6002
Cables: cheap (still researching)
One possible souoution could be sound attenuators

Ear Pulling

Lately I have been pulling my ears away from my head to increase midrange and treble acuity. Perhaps I am suffering from "ear sag" due to the natural process of aging. I have only recently noticed the improvement gained from doing this during home stereo listening sessions.

Does anybody know a plastic surgeon in my area that can permanently upgrade my head for better sonic performance? Or does anybody make a semi-permanent speculum for spreading open tight ear holes?

New low cost high quality loudspeakers line

A new line 145/155 loudspeakers by Audes.

If you don't hear these you cannot understand what I'm saying.

The quality of loudspeakers costing three times or more.

Look at the quality of woofer for example.

But more important is the sound quality you get with no high cost amplifiers.

92 db/w easy to manage to get transparency and dynamic at true hi-end level and with a fine soundstage.


Cables are in!

Forums

Well, my cables got delivered today. I purchased Nordost Red Dawn Interconnects, Silver Shadow Digital Coax cable, and Silver Screen HDMI. The interconnects and silver shadow are getting "burned-in" via Nordost Vidar right now so no into on those yet. But the HDMI Cable... oh my good. I started watching Cars in HD Ondemand using my other generic HDMI cable and then paused it, switched the cable. I must say the depth of the picture improve dramatically, any type of artifacting or digital noise is virtually gone. I realize this is a audio forum.

Tom Russell: Who's Gonna Build Your Wall?

Tom Russell: Who's Gonna Build Your Wall?

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Norman Smith: 1923–2008

Norman Smith: 1923–2008

Another of the great ones is gone. Norman Smith had been a refrigeration engineer, but at 36, he decided to apply for an entry-level position as a recording technician at EMI in the UK. EMI had a strict caste system at the time and technical staff (the "white coats") were considered a rank below that of producers and even of balance engineers, who were allowed to sit in the mastering room. By 1962, Smith was promoted to balance engineer and was paired with George Martin for the first Beatles recordings. As balance engineer, he chose the microphones and recording equipment for each session and Smith is generally given a great deal of credit for the clarity and accuracy of the group's recordings from the beginning through the recording of <I>Revolver</I> in 1965. Because of Smith's age (he'd seen service in WWII) and EMI's dress code (ties and lab coats), Lennon nicknamed him "Normal." (Hence the title of Smith's autobiography: <I>John Lennon Called Me Normal</I>.)

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