Fidelity or Fun?
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FYI: Jason Ressler at Music Direct was right. After a few hundred hours of break in for the DVD-A and SACD circuits, the top end glare is gone and the mids are sweet and clean. The Marantz is capable of retrieving and transmitting lots of detail. I am listening to my CD and multi-channel collection with renewed enthusiasm.
My question may be based on a misunderstanding of basic electricity so please correct me if I have the fundamentals wrong.
My understanding is that watts is a measurement of electrical power, the actual work that can be performed. We can obtain more electrical power by increasing either the current or the voltage.
Fuses are rated in amps. Most fuses for household items are 250V. We are told that we can use 250V fuses of the same amperage rating for our nominal 120V circuits.
Thus, if I need a 5 amp fuse for an amplifier I get a 250V 5 amp fuse.
Bob Reina reviewed the Studio L880 very favorably at $1400/pr last September, and they're also listed in the most recent Recommended Components:
http://www.stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/906jbl/index.html
I just saw that Buy.com is selling the same speakers (black finish) for $630/pr. Shipping is $100/pr, but that's still only $730/pr shipped:
It happened, really, because I was comparing the Exposure 2010S combo to the Musical Fidelity A3.5 combo. I found myself struggling with some audio-related things. In a blog entry titled, The Pursuit of Hi-Fi Happyness, I wondered: