And how many readers will know where "East of PCH" is? Guess you would be wet if you were West of it.
Great Thread!
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Give that boy a gold star. Probably googled it and failed heh heh
And how many readers will know where "East of PCH" is? Guess you would be wet if you were West of it.
Great Thread!
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There is one term that my feeble brain hasn't grasped just yet, BUMP. It's used as a single comment. Anyone want to help me out with this?
yes im new and im suffering from serious audio addiction! what does moffit? something like that ..id recognize it..used when taking about vintage amps/recievers...
What does SOTA mean?
I've seen it used twice now on AK.
Got a new one to counter an entry made by the OP.
The OP's entry was BPC, black plastic "crap"
This would be MUCH better defined as BFPAG, black face plated AWESOME gear. 90s and later ss gear that looks much nicer and sounds much better than the crappy looking and sounding ss gear of the 70s and 80s. A very elegant semi gloss black face plate with a minimum of controls. For an integrated amp or stand alone preamp, the ideal face plate would contain a power switch, source/function/input selector switch, volume control, variable loudness control and a mini LED power indicator. For a receiver, just add a tuner display and controls.
There is nothing more hideous than a silver face plate jam packed with all sorts of knobs and switches that control so called "features" that only serve to downgrade the already poor sound quality. SS gear wasn't well liked when it was introduced in the 70s and Yamaha was about the only company making decent gear for about the first 2 decades. In the 90s, transistors were finally being made that could deliver appreciable sound quality and they have been greatly improving ever since.
I know that I am in the minority on AK being one who prefers modern gear and I don't mean to troll, but I just had to vent some frustration caused by the constant bashing of newer gear. I have yet to come across any piece of 70s or 80s ss gear that can produce the clear, well defined sound and create the magic that modern ss gear can provide. I just had to get that off my chest.
All fine points, but BPC is still BPC. It's crap not because it's black or modern or heck, even plastic for that matter...but because it sucks.
Some modern black stuff is excellent. Some is crap. Just like some vintage stuff is great and some is junk.