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   XPost: uk.rec.audio   
   From: coatham@es.co.nz   
      
   On 7/09/2010 12:34 p.m., Andre Jute wrote:   
   > On Sep 6, 3:26 pm, "Arny Krueger"  wrote:   
   >> "Eeyore"   
   >> wrote in messagenews:4c846933$0$7765$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com   
   >>   
   >>> Andre Jute wrote:   
   >>>> The QUAD CD expects to see at least 10K impedance on its   
   >>>> outputs.   
   >>> I suspect you are misreading the spec. I expect that is   
   >>> the 'nominal' load but I'd be VERY surprised if it can't   
   >>> drive a lower impedance. Without schematics to hand I   
   >>> couldn't give a precise figure.   
   >>   
   >> For openers, the title "QUAD CD"  does not describe a single piece of   
   >> equipment, or even a single family of related products. There are at two   
   >> families of Quad CD players,  the 67 family and the 99 family.   The Quad 99   
   >> series players further compound the situation by having two different sets   
   >> of outputs with very difference performance specs.   
   >>   
   >> I suspect that Jute is basing his alleged specification on the standard IHFM   
   >> line level load which includes a 10K resistive component. If that's the case   
   >> then he's still in error because the proper way to address that load is with   
   >> a device that expects to see 10K or *less*.   
   >   
   > You're a blustering idiot, Krueger. This is from the QUAD official   
   > literature of the CD66 and it states "10K minimum*: " Audio Output:   
   > 2Vrms maximum. 300mV on normal progamme material. Minimum load   
   > impedance 10kR."   
   >   
   > What part of "minimum load impedance 10KR" do you fail to understand,   
   > Krueger?   
   >   
   > We have three idiots pontificating about a simple number, which all   
   > three have got it wrong -- but not one of them has bothered to look it   
   > up! But meaningwhile these three morons are smacking their chops in   
   > glee that someone else got it "wrong." How childish. No wonder these   
   > newsgroups remain in intensive care.   
   >   
   >   Andre Jute   
   >   "The brain of an engineer is a delicate instrument which must be   
   > protected against the unevenness of the ground." -- Wifredo-Pelayo   
   > Ricart Medina   
      
   I am surprised that someone who purports to design & build amplifiers etc.   
   would have to ask such a basic question. This is electronics 101.......   
   However in the interests of being helpful, read this link and learn a   
   little   http://www.rane.com/note109.html   
      
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