My speakers are "Class A"!

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I just noticed that my new speakers are Stereophile "Class A"
recommended (restricted extreme LF). Not a big surprise, really,
since I did my shopping carefully, having tried a half-dozen different
high-quality speakers in my listening room, before making the
decision.

As much as I take what Stereophile says with a large grain of salt,
it's still kind of neat to be listed... 8)

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dizzy <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>I just noticed that my new speakers are Stereophile "Class A"
>recommended (restricted extreme LF).

In my opinion, there's lots of overpriced junk on that list along some
really good stuff too.

A good number of the products are on there because one or more reviewers
thought they are great. Those reviewers might have tin ears. In my
opinion there's are at least two of those on the Stereophile reviewer
list; probably more. For one of them, I completely ignore his
proclamations on sound quality. For the other I take them with a huge
grain of salt.

Bottom line: the class listing only means something if the people who
recommended the product are people whose opinions you trust.

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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:34:35 GMT, "Tim Martin"
<tim2718281@ntlworld.com> wrote:

>"dizzy" <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
>news:beo3j1ddd9kaadepelurturli8s453m4t4@4ax.com...
>>
>> I just noticed that my new speakers are Stereophile "Class A"
>> recommended (restricted extreme LF).
>
>Ah, that means they have no crossover distortion ...

Huh?

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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 03:34:39 +0000 (UTC), moskowit@panix.com (Len
Moskowitz) wrote:

>dizzy <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>
>>I just noticed that my new speakers are Stereophile "Class A"
>>recommended (restricted extreme LF).
>
>In my opinion, there's lots of overpriced junk on that list along some
>really good stuff too.
>
>A good number of the products are on there because one or more reviewers
>thought they are great. Those reviewers might have tin ears. In my
>opinion there's are at least two of those on the Stereophile reviewer
>list; probably more. For one of them, I completely ignore his
>proclamations on sound quality. For the other I take them with a huge
>grain of salt.
>
>Bottom line: the class listing only means something if the people who
>recommended the product are people whose opinions you trust.

I'll agree with you, but only for components, such as amplifiers,
where there is not much difference in sound anyway, so a "good review"
isn't a bad way to choose brand X over brand Y. Speakers obviously
differ enough were only listening can be your guide.

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In rec.audio.tech,rec.audio.opinion, On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:51:50 GMT,
dizzy <dizzy@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>
>I just noticed that my new speakers are Stereophile "Class A"
>recommended (restricted extreme LF).

"Class A" is a type of BIAS, isn't it?

>Not a big surprise, really,
>since I did my shopping carefully, having tried a half-dozen different
>high-quality speakers in my listening room, before making the
>decision.
>
>As much as I take what Stereophile says with a large grain of salt,
>it's still kind of neat to be listed... 8)

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dizzy <dizzy@nospam.invalid> said:

>>> I just noticed that my new speakers are Stereophile "Class A"
>>> recommended (restricted extreme LF).

>>Ah, that means they have no crossover distortion ...

>Huh?


It means you're biased highly towards them.

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