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AVRant #14: Release the Geek

by Tom Andry last modified August 15, 2007
You say it... No, YOU say it...

You say it... No, YOU say it...

Kurt takes a stab at the correct Denon pronunciation which leads into a discussion of other alternate pronunciations. Bobmac's rant comes up (Tom talks about his mom), Tom challenges you to let your inner geek out (and we learn about Dina's geek secret), Tom's take on the vinyl vs. CD debate, and whether or not a burned CD is better than a pressed CD. A short discussion about the Audioholics party sneaks in at the end. Tom edited this in a Chili's Too in the Atlanta Airport and on a plane to and from Boston so if he missed some of the times that Dina hit the mic or if some of the cuts are a little rough, he apologizes. See you Thursday!

Edit: Gene says, "Basically if a record is cut at too high a level, the playback cartridge and stylus will be unable to track it.  At both low and high frequencies, the cartridge will be unable to cope with excessively wide groove excursions. This is why they had to be more careful with recording levels back in the day and make proper usage of equalization to get the best overall frequency response."

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by Tom Andry last modified August 15, 2007

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Haoleb posts on August 17, 2007 01:54
majorloser;297444
I'll still have my iPod with a solar charger


Good luck with that solar panel when the earth is blacked out in a nuclear dust cloud for 6 centuries.
majorloser posts on August 16, 2007 14:54
I'll still have my iPod with a solar charger
Tom Andry posts on August 16, 2007 14:04
I can't argue with that.
birdonthebeach posts on August 15, 2007 17:40
oh yeah!! I'm with you on that one!!!
Haoleb posts on August 15, 2007 14:53
You know why records are better?

Because when the end of the world has come and those of us who flocked to caves and bomb shelters with our record players and records can sit there in the dark with no electricity listening to dark side of the moon by spinning the platter and putting our ear up to the cartridge. Thats why!
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