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In Reply to: Attention X-10D owners posted by E on December 22, 1999 at 04:09:50:
The X-10D is the worst product, from a company, which perpetually misleads consumers, by presenting deceptive information and poor quality products.The X-10D does not meet it's own (mediocre) specifications. It has no place in a decent hi fi system. Loaded with a modest impedance (600 Ohms), an X-10D will typically exhibit distortion levels too high for most test equipment to resolve (my estimate: >30% THD). Yes, that's correct, THIRTY PERCENT! It provides no useful amount of gain (about 1.5dB), a very poor ouput impedance and average S/N figures. In short: The only reason for this product to exist, is to distort a musical signal. Hardly good choice for a person attempting to build an accurate (HI FI) system.
This is not the only example, of a product, which does not meet it's own specs, from Musical Fidelity. Some of their early Class A power amps, delivered a mere 10% of the advertised Class A power. Worse, circuitry was so poorly thought out, that channel to channel Class A power was easily 50% different. Some of their most recent products, are based on a component which has been obsolete for several decades (Nuvistor's). This places any purchasers in an invidious position, if that component fails and there is no further supply available.
Trevor
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Follow Ups
- Very evil, indeed. - Trevor Wilson 12:18:58 12/22/99 (28)
- Re: Very evil, indeed. - Borris 12:39:55 12/22/99 (27)
- Re: Very evil, indeed. - Trevor Wilson 17:51:49 12/22/99 (14)
- Re: Very evil, indeed. - DAVID 00:09:41 12/26/99 (1)
- Re: Very evil, indeed. - Trevor Wilson 02:22:08 12/26/99 (0)
- Since when ... - Werner 22:42:44 12/22/99 (11)
- Re: Since when ... - Trevor Wilson 00:15:17 12/23/99 (10)
- Re: Since when ... - john curl@earthlink.net 20:19:24 12/24/99 (7)
- Re: Since when ... - Trevor Wilson 20:49:23 12/24/99 (6)
- Rank nonsense - BillH 11:51:26 01/03/00 (1)
- Re: Rank nonsense - Trevor Wilson 12:12:08 01/03/00 (0)
- Re: Since when ... - john curl 01:38:36 12/25/99 (3)
- Re: Since when ... - Trevor Wilson 03:09:15 12/25/99 (2)
- Re: Since when ... - john curl 11:07:14 12/25/99 (0)
- Specs are irrelevant. Only sound matters. X10D rules. - Specs man 03:39:21 12/25/99 (0)
- Re: Since when ... - Werner 00:42:39 12/23/99 (1)
- Re: Since when ... - Borris 10:44:38 12/27/99 (0)
- It doesn't supply gain, it does supply 30% plus distortion... - Dave VH 13:43:17 12/22/99 (8)
- Re: It doesn't supply gain, it does supply 30% plus distortion... - Borris 22:26:52 12/22/99 (0)
- Re: It doesn't supply gain, it does supply 30% plus distortion... - Trevor Wilson 22:26:23 12/22/99 (6)
- I like it anyways. Dis or no Dis. Get it. - Specs man 03:44:22 12/25/99 (0)
- what? - dave c 01:45:49 12/23/99 (4)
- Re: what? - Trevor Wilson 14:45:34 12/23/99 (3)
- we: rot - dave c 17:31:27 12/23/99 (2)
- Re: we: rot - Trevor Wilson 00:07:07 12/24/99 (1)
- that's it..... - dave c 13:01:27 12/24/99 (0)
- Upgrade/Upsell is the name of the game - Bill 13:14:52 12/22/99 (2)
- and this time its personal... - dave c 04:19:54 12/23/99 (1)
- rage against the machine ;-) - MiKeY 06:01:29 12/23/99 (0)