RE: THX and music replay...

["Phillip Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

Mark,

The original question was asking whether someone should be looking at
THX DVD players only and what relevance did THX have.

In simple terms "Do I just look at THX kit"?

My answer was intended to show why that person should not stick to just
THX kit and should look at all kit, something that you seem to think
I'm
trying to dissuade him from doing - the subsequent discussion between
Nick and me should have just reinforced the notion that THX
certification is little more than the attainment of a minimum set of
technical specs (and a cynical proposal by me that THX certification
has
evolved into more of a moneyspinner for Lucasfilm).

I wonder whether the original poster is regretting asking that question
as much as I am now regretting answering it?

Phil



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 09 November 2002 18:49
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] THX and music replay...
> 
> 
> 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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