Vidsonix Charlie's Tips 2

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		[an error occurred while processing this directive] Okay, they say this is a caricature and doesn't really look like our head honcho - it was drawn on vacation in Barcelona, Spain, so maybe it's a European interpretation... (You can see an actual picture on the Company Info Page). The following views and opinions are his and his alone, not necessarily reflecting the views of Vidsonix or the normal sane staff. However, it is in response to the many email questions we receive here in the Customer Service Dept.
	Pet Peeves Want to know what drives me crazy? No? Skip this - People that spend thousands of dollars on a new big screen, Plasma, or LCD HDTV and end up watching their video in a stretched mode so that the people look like flattened Umpa Lumpas. Come on, people, doesn't this bother you? Or do you just not notice! It's like buying a Porsche and always driving it the fastest it will go - backwards. I'd rather have the extra space on the side of the screen than watch overweight celebrities every movie. Try a different scaling mode on your TV, BUT KEEP THE CORRECT ASPECT RATIO of the video source. Human Kind depends on it... Why are your prices so low? We've explained elsewhere how we are able to bring such great prices to our customers. However, these low prices can make the product be perceived as being cheap as well. After all, you get what you pay for, right? No way, Jose. Everyone else is ripping you off. We stand behind our product quality and performance as being able to stand up next to the other boys. If higher prices make the product have a perceived greater value and quality, you should see our product prices steadily increase... NOT! I have an "x" by "x" size room, what speakers do you recommend? Every one of our products has a purpose and application, or else it would not have a place in our line-up. Here is a run down of what I would put in my house or band if I was building one today: Home Theater: Tight budget, rooms less than 10" x 10" or gaming system: MG-S30 DA-Cubes and a 10" powered sub (HD-SW10) Smaller to mid-sized rooms, dorms: MG-S54s - available in white and as in-walls also. Rooms larger than 12" x 14" to roughly 15" x 30": Matched 5 to 7 pcs of MG-S84C and a 12" powered sub (HD-SW12). This system is sweet. Even Larger Rooms: HD-S82 and possibly some of our pro stuff. If going with an in-wall system, I recommend our SQ-625s with a sub. Our VX-W55Rs are great as rear surround ceiling speakers or ambient room ceiling speakers. PROFESSIONAL: Light weight, great sound, portability: MT-B80. Grouped Arrays, PA, sound projection: Nova X12. DJ, Music, awesome sound: PD-S124P. What speakers do you recommend for my xxx watt amp? Say your 2-channel amp is rated at 500W at 8 ohms, that would be 250W watts each channel. The RMS wattage is half of that, so the amp would give out 125Wrms each channel at 8 ohms. So, any of our speakers rated at 250W music power or 125Wrms each would be perfect. A lot of amps are literally over rated, so you should even be able to get away with a speaker that is slightly less wattage than that. You should never use your amp at over 75% volume anyway, since most amps are driven into clipping or have significant distortion at this level. For our speakers, we rate our music or program wattage at twice (2x) the RMS rating. A lot of companies distort their ratings and use four times (4x) the RMS rating. We do not agree with this method, but since it makes our ratings look lower although the speakers may be identical, we may have to revert to this method in the future. NOTE: The RMS wattage rating is generally defined as the amount of power a speaker will take without failing, over a continuous 8 hour period using a "white" noise source. What is the single most reported blown speaker issue with your PRO speakers? Blown Horn Tweeters due to the user placing a microphone too close to the speaker and causing clipped, overpowered feedback. This case would be a user-error situation. All of our speaker lines proudly reflect a defect rate of < 1% (1 in 100).




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