Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site nbires.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!ut-sally!nbires!winograd From: winograd@nbires.UUCP (Steve Winograd) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Linn-Naim Seminar (long) Message-ID: <292@nbires.UUCP> Date: Mon, 12-Mar-84 20:01:46 EST Article-I.D.: nbires.292 Posted: Mon Mar 12 20:01:46 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 14-Mar-84 07:21:28 EST References: <13100006@hpfcla.UUCP> <212@opus.UUCP> Organization: NBI, Boulder Lines: 32 > 2. Extra speaker in addition to the normal stereo pair. Most people > thought that the change that occurred when the other speaker was brought > into the room was incredible... > They claim that > other transducers will have a similar effect, though not as strong. For > example, telephones, televisions, clocks, etc. As a matter of fact, > they requested that everybody remove their digital watches before the > demonstration, and they would hold on to them in the next room... > In other words, you can't use their systems successfully in rooms which > have any of these devices. Lame excuse. Telephones are of the same ilk as > speakers, maybe, but they are passive elements and don't really have > anything to store energy. Clocks?!?!?! <> What these guys are > doing is trying to prepare enough excuses so that if their systems don't > perform, they can give you a reason without blaming their equipment. I can testify to the truth of this effect. It's true for *** every *** hi-fi, not just a Linn-Naim system. The better the system, the more audible the effect of an extra speaker is (this means anything with a speaker in it: TV set, telephone, electronic doorbell, radio, etc). The people from the Audio Alternative (where the Linn-Naim seminar was held) have come to my house (60 miles away) several times, at no charge, to help get the most out of my system. One time we knew something was wrong but could not figure out what. The most noticable effect was a very muddy low bass. We finally found the cause: my portable cassette deck, sitting in the bookcase 10 feet from the speakers, has a 4-inch monitor speaker in it. Removing the deck from the listening room immediately cleared up the problem. Steve Winograd {allegra!ucbvax}!nbires!winograd