Re: Bose stereo question

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In a message dated 3/29/99 Brett Dikeman <brett@pdikeman.ne.mediaone.net>
writes:

<< BTW, if you listen to a lot of tapes, the "DNR" function is neat. No, it's
not "Dolby Noise Reduction", it's "Dynamic Noise Reduction." >>

DNR was created in the mid-80's as an alternative to Dolby B. (Cost reduction
by basically avoiding paying Dolby for the lisence to use thier system.) DNR
is a compander in a chip. I forgot offhand who invented it (National?).

BTW great tips for the Gaidos' on the features. I got to see their new car
last night and it is the nicest 91 200q I have seen since they were new.  

<< It's basically the tape player equivalent of what the fancy CD players call
"zero off"; when no music plays, the amp/volume/whatever is turned down. >>

Hmm..."zero off"? That smells of marketing hype big time. Zero bit means zero
sound, always has in the world of digital audio.

<< On the tape deck, this zaps hiss during quiet 
sections.  Some high-frequency noise is lost in the actual music, but it makes
listening to a lousy tape about 10x more enjoyable.  There is no indicator,
but it's immediately obvious with a tape and less so with the radio (yes, it
supposedly works with the radio as well, 
unlike Dolby.) >>

It does work well. Works best with tapes that are recorded with Dolby off.
BTW, Dolby B has been used on FM for years, since the late 70's.

<< PS:This radio has some incredibly annoying features that defy stupidity:
dolby always comes on the first time a tape is inserted after the unit has
been turned on.  There's no way to toggle this feature, to my knowledge; >>

You can thank the folks at Audi for this since the radio is custom designed
by, for, and with Audi.

<< probably some marketing puke at Dolby came up with this cute little idea.
F*cking marketing people. >>

I can assure you that nobody at Dolby could care less about what car audio
manufacturers do with Dolby B/C so long as they get their little logo on the
unit and collect the checks.

The marketing people to blame work for Audi and Matsushita...

Mike Veglia (Technical Service Manager under the Marketing umbrella...)
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