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Re: Life of DVD players

Subject: Re: Life of DVD players
From: "Rich Peet" <>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 18:50:37 -0000
This will not be like my listening room.  The best I figure to achieve 
is about 30 db of sound headroom as there will usually be people 
present.  Do you think the quality of the d/a matters in a fairly high 
noise and reverberant room area? About 50' by 25' 8 channels (aka two 
5.1 playback machines).

Rich

--- In  Rob Danielson <> wrote:
>
> I've run better Sony models continuously for 3-4 weeks at a stretch 
> with no noticeable change in performance/heat build-up. Looks like 
> there's hardly any mass involved-- maybe little demand on motors, 
> laser mechanism. If you can get by with the coax output for sound 
> playback, these units not very expensive if replacement become 
> necessary.  I'm not aware of any tests of d-a quality in DVD player 
> analog outputs but I'd guess you might want to avoid using these 
> outputs in cheaper DVD players and spend the money on a good 
> receiver/amp for the coax signal. I've come across some obviously 
> compromised analog playback from the analog outputs of DV tape and 
> DVD decks. Rob D.
> 
> At 4:01 PM +0000 3/10/06, Rich Peet wrote:
> >Planning a Natural Sound Installation.






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