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- Subject: FAQ: rec.audio.* Intro 2/99 (part 1 of 13)
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- Organization: Texas Instruments Corp.
- Summary: Answers to common questions about audio equipment, selecting,
- buying, set-up, tuning, use, repair, developments, and philosophy.
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- Archive-name: AudioFAQ/part1
- Last-modified: 1999/11/19
- Version: 2.15
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- 1.0 Contents:
-
- Part 1 Intro
- 1.0 Contents
- 2.0 Organization
- 3.0 Purpose
- 4.0 Omissions
- 5.0 Credits
- 6.0 Errors and Corrections
- 7.0 Disclaimer
- 8.0 Copyright Notice
- Part 2 Systems
- 9.0 High Fidelity Systems
- Part 3 Sources
- 10.0 CD Players, CDs, Turntables, and LPs
- Part 4 Amplifiers
- 11.0 Amplifiers
- Part 5 Speakers
- 12.0 Speakers
- Part 6 Rooms
- 13.0 Listening Rooms and Houses
- Part 7 Recording
- 14.0 Recording
- Part 8 Wire
- 15.0 Wire
- Part 9 Retail
- 16.0 Retail
- Part 10 Mail Order
- 17.0 Mail Order
- Part 11 Networking
- 18.0 Net Protocol
- Part 12 The Press
- 19.0 The Press
- Part 13 Misc
- 20.0 Miscellaneous
-
- 2.0 Organization:
-
- This FAQ is divided into a preamble and a list of subjects. Each
- subject is described by a list of questions and answers. Some
- questions have no answers yet. That's life.
-
- This FAQ is split into 13 individual postings. This FAQ also references
- a frequent posting of sources for audio via Mail Order. That list is
- maintained by nau@SSESCO.com (William R. Nau). Contact Mr. Nau directly
- for information or corrections to that posting. The list is also
- available via FTP in the /pub/Rec.Audio directory of ssesco.com
- as file Mailorder.txt
-
- Lines beginning with "|" are new since the last version of the FAQ.
-
- 3.0 Purpose:
-
- The purpose of this FAQ is to address frequently-asked questions as a
- whole, so that rec.audio.* volume can be reduced. Towards this end, we
- assembled a list of common questions, and some general answers to these
- questions. Audio is part science and part art, so some of the answers
- are objectively correct, while others try to open-mindedly present both
- sides of a subject.
-
- 4.0 Omissions:
-
- Many valuable things have been left out of the FAQ. In part this is
- because there is just too much to say about audio. In part, this is
- because the general reader doesn't need that much detail. Also, some
- things were omitted because they are too controversial or inflammatory.
-
- 5.0 Credits:
-
- This FAQ is the work of many people. Allow me to thank everyone who
- helped now. Some of the contributors to this FAQ are listed below.
- Others have made great contributions, and are no less appreciated.
-
- andrew@research.att.com (Andrew Hume)
- jj@research.att.com (jj)
- Ken Kantor of NHT
- neidorff@ti.com (Bob Neidorff)
- Rick Oakley (no internet access)
- DPierce@world.std.com (Richard d Pierce)
- P.Smee@bristol.ac.uk (Paul Smee)
- gabe@panix.com (Gabe M. Wiener)
-
- 6.0 Errors and Corrections:
-
- If you have a correction to the FAQ, additional information, or a new
- topic for the FAQ, please send e-mail to neidorff@ti.com describing
- your thoughts in detail. Please include your e-mail address in your
- submission, so that we can stay in touch. Every submission will be
- considered for inclusion in the next release of the FAQ. This FAQ will
- be reposted every month.
-
- 7.0 Disclaimer:
-
- Everyone's human. Nothing is perfect. The people who wrote the
- information here put varying amounts of research into their work.
- To the best of my knowledge, no one made any contribution or comment
- because of a vested interest.
-
- Audio is a very lucrative and competitive industry, filled with honest
- companies, aggressive marketing people, people who stretch the truth
- very thin, excellent products, and lousy products. We tried hard to
- screen the hype from valuable data. If we insulted, omitted, or
- otherwise disturbed you, your company, your product, or something
- you feel strongly about, please let me know.
-
- The information here attempts to paraphrase a large portion of the
- information exchanged in rec.audio newsgroup discussions. At times,
- people will make recommendations or suggestions to others on some of
- these newsgroups. Some of these statements are included here because
- we have been asked to include statements of that sort. These
- statements, and everything in this document are the opinions of various
- people. Nothing here is intended as recommendation or suggestion.
-
- Further, no matter how it is worded, nothing here should be taken as
- fact. The authors take no responsibility for any use of this
- information.
-
- 8.0 Copyright Notice:
-
- The information contained here is collectively copyrighted by the
- authors. The right to reproduce this is hereby given, provided it is
- copied intact, with the text of sections 1 through 8, inclusive.
- However, the authors explicitly prohibit selling this document, any
- of its parts, or any document which contains parts of this document.
-
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- Bob Neidorff; Texas Instruments | Internet: neidorff@ti.com
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