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Archive for August, 2007

Gear Diary reviews the RF-WHTIB… verdict: problem solved

Posted by mtc on 10 August, 2007

Gear Diary did a review of the RF-WHTIB.  Best quote:

Once a connection has been established, just start listening to your system and enjoy the full surround sound experience. I was extremely impressed by the quality of the sound coming through these speakers. I did not notice any significant difference or degradation in the sound quality when they were hooked up to the wireless receiver than when they were connected directly to the stereo. I have definitely found my solution to the wireless speaker dilemma.

One of his key negatives is in reference to the “hum issue”.  FYI, the manufacturer has a fix for this issue so current owners can refer to the discussion thread here, and get the fix.  New models also have the fix incorporated.

Rock on.

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Rodrigo y Gabriela are selling silicon

Posted by mtc on 7 August, 2007

For those of you who are not indoctrinated to the Irish cum Mexico super-acoustic savant duet… well, get in there. RyG are amazing acoustic guitar technicians. And this cover of Led Zeppelin is not even their best work, if maybe their most accessible.

Anyways, the studio recording of this track is in my company’s demo playlist, and I can say first hand that on more than one occasion, it has been mission accomplished when highlighting our system’s clarity, precision, and lack of distortion.

Enjoy. Peace.

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