Sunday, December 6, 2009

TECHNICAL INTERJECTION




the latest generation of "sound bars" has just gone to market......the Yamaha is still too pricey, so I acquired the last generation of Philips' "3-speaker" systems for a seventh the cost......it sounds about 70% as good, but the math is good enough for my 45th tier of home theater equipment. The unit that I purchased even has an IPOD dock, to boot! Nevertheless, NONE of these "soundbars" can produce a stable soundfield, but...to a generation used to MPEG compression and digitally enhanced sound....this will be of little concern....and..to my generation....anything seems an improvement to old-tech paper cones disintegrating inside 4:3 tv cabinets, of course.....

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