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Speakers are a personal thing. FWIW I've never heard near-field speakers sound better than Monsoon panels using Eminent Technologies' planar magnetic technology, but I'm a flat dipole lover. Alas no one makes them any more.
You definitely notice the disjointed sound balance with a subwoofer, if you have one the answer is to turn it way down until you can barely hear it.
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If you think that a driver in an enclosure like that one could deliver anything even remotely resembling "audiophile"-quality sound, then I'd have to say that you know not what the word means. Nor do you have a shred of understanding of physics.
On the other hand, a statement as wacko as:
"Mids were clearer than I've ever heard them, giving more emphasis to vocal harmonies, guitar and piano, and the overpowering highs and lows in lower-end speakers were noticeably downplayed."
...almost convinces me that the entire article was intended as sarcasm. But then I remember what amazing nonsense that Giz writers are constantly coming up with. You guys are the poster children for the failure of American science education.
10/10/09
@CAVEperson: Who, pray tell, says "pray tell"?
10/11/09
"You guys are the poster children for the failure of American science education."
You must be the poster child for the douchebags of the world.
10/11/09
I'm "here" because, like everyone else, I'm interested in gadget news, and Gizmodo is a great source for it. But that doesn't excuse confusing the unwashed masses with pseudoscience.
Writing provocative stuff and starting flame wars is a great & honorable tradition among blog commentators. Judging from the intensity of the reactions, I do it more effectively than most. Nor are Giz bloggers themselves above spewing out frequent snarkiness. It's the internet--get used to it.
In ANY case, my intent wasn't really to be snarky for snarky's sake. I think it's a legitimate and important point that you can't trust everything you read, and gloggers seem to be especially fertile ground for misinformation. The 14-year-olds who, judging from the comments, apparently make up most of Giz audience are especially easy to confuse.
10/10/09
I'm sorry but what about dubstep? You couldn't HEAR the genre without a sub for it.
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08/14/09
It's a personal preference of course, but give me wood or even metal over ceramic any day.
Now if you could turn them up to 11...
03/02/09
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Actually you have it backwards. The shuttle's tiles are such great insulators that you can hold a red hot one in your hand without burning yourself. They are really poor conductors of heat. The heat sink idea was rejected due to the excessive weight required to dissipate the amount of heat generated during reentry.
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My guess is that ASUS is using an entirely different family of ceramic and this Giz poster just chose some poor examples.
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You always want computer parts to be as cool as possible, since it reduces errors and improves the lifetime of components involved. Just because it can work when it's hot doesn't mean it's a good idea.
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