More money goes around in vinyl than CDs. But they still outsell in raw numbers.As always, thank you for the review,
Recently, it was reported that there were more LPs sold than CDs, last year:
Do you feel any responsibility to start testing some turntables?
Hfnrr do a fair bit of vintage product testing, including cd players. Especially the early ones.
I mean to be fair the 90+db SINAD is probably enough for most of the target audience for this device. Even if it is pretty piss-poor in terms of our overall ranks here.Audio-Phillls are such nit-pickers
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Yes, you are correct (=I was wrong): It's not the quantity of sales but \/\/More money goes around in vinyl than CDs. But they still outsell in raw numbers.
You are wrong. Already 2V can overload inputs on very good amplifiers. 4v is for cheating with distortion and seem more "professional" I always wondered how you got away with penalising equipment that had higher distortion above 2 volts. I hope you redo all your previous DAC measurements now that you have been corrected.
CDs were not just a 16-bit medium. In 1995 it was extended to 20-bits (though not a true 20-bit format) via the HDCD format, and about 5,000 titles were released in the HDCD format (and are backward compatible with 16-bit CD players):
So? Keep the volume lower.
Amazing, you dug it up!
Amazing, you dug it up!
Funny that such a techie bulletin does NOT properly specify the voltage as either RMS or p-p?
The 1V level (discussed) seems RMS and the 1.4V suspiciously the same number in p-p.
I am wondering if NOT specifying "1.0Vrms" or "1.4Vp-p" is part of specman-ship games our Japanese friends have used during those years.
...except possibly in the used-market, where the prices should be tanking as I write this reply...
An unfortunate update on this unit.
Owner contacted the company asking for a refund. They told him that it was past the period where they offer that money back guarantee. But then proceeded to tell him since I had opened the unit, his warranty was no longer valid!!! Here I go fixing a problem with their product, saving them money to fix the unit, and they retaliate against the owner???
I escalated to my contact at Emotiva who runs engineering (I think). He said the decision was out of his hands and it was up to the company founder to opine. Alas, even after reminding him to get me an answer, nothing has come back.
It is not like I went in there and soldered/modified the unit. I simply plugged the cable back in. And for that, they are claiming the unit can no longer be warranted? Other companies have thanked me in the past for same fixes and Emotiva chooses to punish the owner.
If there was one way to make a negative review much worse, it is this kind of action. I don't know what school of business these companies have gone to, to make decisions like this. Very, very disappointing Emotiva. While I will continue to fairly evaluate any of their product in the future, personally would never recommend anyone purchase a product from them.
P.S. I have told the owner I will be his warranty. Should his unit break in the next five years, I will make him whole.
I've seen so many repair units that where opened by the customer and I never once even discussed that with the customer never mind voided the warranty... BS!An unfortunate update on this unit.
Owner contacted the company asking for a refund. They told him that it was past the period where they offer that money back guarantee. But then proceeded to tell him since I had opened the unit, his warranty was no longer valid!!! Here I go fixing a problem with their product, saving them money to fix the unit, and they retaliate against the owner???
I escalated to my contact at Emotiva who runs engineering (I think). He said the decision was out of his hands and it was up to the company founder to opine. Alas, even after reminding him to get me an answer, nothing has come back.
It is not like I went in there and soldered/modified the unit. I simply plugged the cable back in. And for that, they are claiming the unit can no longer be warranted? Other companies have thanked me in the past for same fixes and Emotiva chooses to punish the owner.
If there was one way to make a negative review much worse, it is this kind of action. I don't know what school of business these companies have gone to, to make decisions like this. Very, very disappointing Emotiva. While I will continue to fairly evaluate any of their product in the future, personally would never recommend anyone purchase a product from them.
P.S. I have told the owner I will be his warranty. Should his unit break in the next five years, I will make him whole.
Some companies intimidate the customers with this, Rule." I don't know of any situation in Canada where voiding warranty has occurred due to the customer inspecting the internals.
