RE: THX and music replay...

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Tim,

Would you advise that a prospective purchaser to:

1: Trust THEIR ears?

or

2: Reject THX out of hand because it is fundamentally flawed, and restric
their listening to non-THX devices?

I'd ask people to do what you and I did, and choose based on listening
without pre-judging something as bad.

M.


-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 9 November 2002 18:43
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] THX and music replay...


Actually Mark I'm with Phil on this one, although I do have a similar
overpriced digital pre-amp to yours, I have yet to hear a set of THX
*speakers* which sound acceptable when playing music, because by
definition they have narrow bandwidth and dispersion pattern. THX
re-equalisation is good but from what I've heard Yamaha's roll your own
version does just as good a job.

When you brought the milk monster round we really didn't have time to
listen to my set-up in detail. Everyone who has heard my system likes
it, none of the (six) power amps have a THX badge on them nor do the
speakers, nor does the DVD player or screen. I HAVE to have a hybrid
system, and I wouldn't buy THX speakers (because they do sound pants
with music). I wouldn't out of choice buy anything else with a THX
badge
on it per-se (the Meridian was a different matter when I bought it,
because anything comparable had a THX badge on it), purely because it
adds several hundred quid to the price, and I trust my own ears more
than a set of arbitrary specs!

Tim.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 09 November 2002 18:26
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] THX and music replay...
> 
> >> It does strike me that the criticism of THX "because
it
> >> sounds pants for music" is a bit like criticising an
MPV
> >> because it doesn't have great torque.
> 
> > Whoah there Mark ... I have not said that THX sounds pants
for
music!
> 
> You wrote:
> 
> "Although that amp has the THX badging to show that it has
been
certified
> by Good Old George (TM) to meet the THX spec it actually sounds
fairly
> pants when playing music."
> 
> ... which, to be fair, says that THX _might_ sound pants for
music,
rather
> than that it always does
> 
> > Uh huh - but Lucasfilm *DO NOT* release those specs to the public
so
how
> > do you know what you're buying into and whether you even *SHOULD*
be
> > buying into THX certified kit.
> 
> Intel do not release the technical design for the PCI north
bridge.
How
> does the public know whether a Dell PC is a good one?
> 
> 1: By recommendation, 2: By trial
> 
> In the same way that, say, many companies will ONLY by PCs on
MICROSOFT's
> Hard Compatability List, many people DO see value in an
independant
> accreditation that something meets a baseline.
> 
> However, a personal trial wins every time.
> 
> > It comes back to listening to the kit and deciding whether it
is
> suitable for your needs.
> 
> This seems at odds with your original post, which included such
choice
> phrases as "in practice [THX] is a pile of steaming horse
bollocks"
> 
> 
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