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Posted by Sumflow (A) on August 3, 2012 at 07:24:10

In Reply to: i reiterate---- posted by hifitommy on August 3, 2012 at 05:50:46:

>the sound is compromised to a noticeable degree.<

Yes of course invisible is not possible without compromise. But the idea is that all of this stuff is not beautiful. Manufacturers need to miniaturize, camouflage, get components out of sight. Music needs to be heard, not seen. Components, wires, amps need to fall back into the background and disappear.

I can understand how speakers placed all around a room are like satellites surrounding a planet. But I cannot visualize two L/R stereo speakers shooting at your ears assuming the name, or image, of satellites. They do not fit the picture.

Satellite
ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘follower, obsequious underling’): from French satellite or Latin satelles, satellit- ‘attendant.’ 1540s, "follower or attendant of a superior person," (14c.), "attendant,""full, enough" "to go" English follow, which is constructed of similar roots. Meaning "planet that revolves about a larger one" first attested 1660s, in reference to the moons of Jupiter,.. which was used in this sense 1610s by German astronomer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630). Galileo, who had discovered them, called them Sidera Medicæa in honor of the Medici family. Meaning "man-made machinery orbiting the Earth" first recorded 1936 as theory, 1957 as fact. Meaning "country dependent and subservient to another" is recorded from 1800.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=satellite&allowed_in_frame=0

satellite |ˈsatlˌīt|
noun
1 (also artificial satellite )an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
• [ as modifier ] transmitted by satellite; using or relating to satellite technology: satellite broadcasting.
• satellite television: a news service on satellite.

2 Astronomy a celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet.

3 [ usu. as modifier ] something that is separated from or on the periphery of something else but is nevertheless dependent on or controlled by it: satellite offices in London and New York.
• a small country or state politically or economically dependent on another.

4 Biology a portion of the DNA of a genome with repeating base sequences and of different density from the main sequence.
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Topic - Does sending some frequencies to an active sub increase the watts available to the remaining speakers? - Sumflow 21:54:42 07/26/12 (32)

RE: Does sending some frequencies to an active sub increase the watts available to the remaining speakers? - djk 00:07:03 07/27/12 (31)

Wouldn't that depend though? - Presto 13:17:03 07/27/12 (20)

a big benefit of the high pass filter - hifitommy 11:28:23 07/28/12 (17)

RE: a big benefit of the high pass filter - Presto 13:12:09 08/01/12 (16)

my answer is more of an explanation - hifitommy 16:20:08 08/01/12 (15)

RE: my answer is more of an explanation - Presto 09:09:28 08/02/12 (14)

you're making this more complicated - hifitommy 16:05:01 08/02/12 (13)

RE: you're making this more complicated - Presto 00:59:34 08/03/12 (0)

Satellites? - Sumflow 20:59:10 08/02/12 (11)

Satellites - hifitommy 22:14:15 08/02/12 (10)

Satellite speakers - Sumflow 02:53:09 08/03/12 (0)

RE: Satellites - Sumflow 00:24:12 08/03/12 (8)

i reiterate---- - hifitommy 05:50:46 08/03/12 (7)

Hidden source - Sumflow 07:24:10 08/03/12 (6)

RE: Hidden source - abs1 14:28:15 08/03/12 (5)

Satellite - Sumflow 14:16:09 08/16/12 (2)

Joke - Sumflow 15:08:09 08/16/12 (0)

RE: Satellite - abs1 15:04:14 08/16/12 (0)

you guys are spot on about Summy - hifitommy 12:29:05 08/04/12 (0)

But...Sumflow had several pictures he had to post! - willkayakforfood 14:51:42 08/03/12 (0)

RE: Wouldn't that depend though? - Sumflow 13:42:15 07/27/12 (1)

Okay now you have me thinking. - Presto 17:10:25 07/27/12 (0)

the issue isn't the watts - Bruce from DC 10:50:05 07/27/12 (6)

RE: the issue is NEVER the watts - BigguyinATL 05:36:41 07/30/12 (0)

RE: the issue isn't the watts - Sumflow 14:53:42 07/27/12 (0)

And... - E-Stat 14:50:13 07/27/12 (3)

Clipping - Sumflow 20:16:04 07/27/12 (2)

RE: Clipping - b.l.zeebub 05:06:51 07/28/12 (0)

Those with - E-Stat 21:29:48 07/27/12 (0)

Theoretical numbers calulation - Sumflow 01:12:52 07/27/12 (2)

RE: Theoretical numbers calulation - djk 05:03:42 07/27/12 (1)

With a 100hz cut it would be more like 200W - Sumflow 05:08:34 07/27/12 (0)

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Hidden source - Sumflow 07:24:10 08/03/12 (6)

RE: Hidden source - abs1 14:28:15 08/03/12 (5)

Satellite - Sumflow 14:16:09 08/16/12 (2)

Joke - Sumflow 15:08:09 08/16/12 (0)

RE: Satellite - abs1 15:04:14 08/16/12 (0)

you guys are spot on about Summy - hifitommy 12:29:05 08/04/12 (0)

But...Sumflow had several pictures he had to post! - willkayakforfood 14:51:42 08/03/12 (0)

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