Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sun Jan 13 14:01:12 CST 2013
Good thought. There is no way, no matter how good a PC/Tablet audio system is that can ever come close to quality and accuracy of a good audio system. The bad news is, that after the age of sixteen, humans hearing ability slowly depreciates and the depreciation continues for rest of your life. That loss is particular pronounced in an lack of ability to separate sounds and sources like in a crowd or in when listening to complex musical pieces with many instruments. Regardless, here is a list of what the experts suggest is the top audio systems, for an entertainment room, of 2012. Some even boast of being able to enhance the sound separation and direction so much of the hearing loss can be compensated for. http://www.trustedreviews.com/best-surround-sound-systems_round-up The following two items gained a perfect score. http://www.trustedreviews.com/best-surround-sound-systems_round-up_Page-3 http://www.trustedreviews.com/best-surround-sound-systems_round-up_Page-9 The best of these listed systems run between 800 and 1200 CAN dollars but they are hardly top tier of this type of product...The other day, in an audiofile store, looked at just an amp, with no pre-amp and it cost almost 10K but it boasted of being able to produce real (like) 3D sound and being able to automatically reconfigure it output to compensate for virtually an room configuration, in real time...frequency from zero to 100K. It makes the sound quality produced by any iPhone, iPad, Tablet, Smartphone, or PC seem pathetic. For my money, when possible, a live performance, with all its flaws and weak location acoustics is hard to beat. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Peter Brawley Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:38 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] 2.0 v. 2.1 PC speakers Amplifiers in PC sound cards aren't very good. You're way better off buying a small decent audio receiver to take PC audio output, then buying good bookshelf speakers eg Sony B3000s. PB ------- On 2013-01-13 7:10 AM, Arthur Fuller wrote: > I have Googled this topic and found some articles and reviews comparing the > two speaker types, but haven't found a definition that distinguishes them. > Reading between the lines, I sense that 2.1 has to do with boosted bass, to > maximize the effect of explosions in games. Is there a more precise > definition? > > Since I play no video games and since my musical preferences tend toward > classical music, I'm more interested in accuracy and especially in > retention of the high-frequency harmonics typical of violins than in > boosted bass. > > I've read good things about M-Audio Studiophile AV 40 speakers, and they > are in my price range. Any comments? Suggestions for alternatives? > > Thanks, > Arthur > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com