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From: jhess@orion.oac.uci.edu (James Hess)
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Subject: Re: Cheap Speakers, Expensive Amps
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Date: 10 Jan 91 14:20:12 GMT
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The argument is not that there haven't been some improvements in speaker 
components and system design, or that there aren't some fine-sounding budget
speakers.  The amplification of the signal in an amplifier is simple compared
to transforming energy from one form (electrical) to another (mechanical) which
then must propagate in an environment which is much more variable than that 
seen by the amplifier.  The transfer function of a speaker gets much more 
complex than an amps.

Klipsch used to say "what this country needs is a good 5 watt amp", but $500 
for 25 watts?  I hope that sucker is gold-plated, because if it isn't, someone
saw you coming from a long way off! :-)