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...amplifier, power and distortion are the two most important qualities. A system that will be used for raucus parties needs power (your listeners will probably attribute the distortion to something else). The classical music listener needs low distortion. The primary technical problem in designing an amplifier is to permit the listener to increase the volume (power) without increasing the distortion. Generally, for a receiver up to $350, the buyer sacrifices one quality for the other, depending upon his preferences...

Author: By Mark J. Penn, | Title: Choose Your Stereo Carefully | 12/14/1974 | See Source »

...amplifier, power and distortion are the two most important qualities. A system that will be used for raucus parties needs power (your listeners will probably attribute the distortion to something else). The classical music listener needs low distortion. The primary technical problem in designing an amplifier is to permit the listener to increase the volume (power) without increasing the distortion. Generally, for a receiver up to $350, the buyer sacrifices one quality for the other, depending upon his preferences...

Author: By Mark J. Penn, | Title: Your Stereo Is Only As Good as the Speakers | 12/8/1973 | See Source »

...good to contest level friends to get you in. The best parties should be at Ivy Cottage and Cap 'n Gown, although they will also be the hardest to crash. If you're up for a "fun" party at Cannon say "They" sent you. While Princeton dances can be raucus they are excellent opportunities to most attractive and fascinating high school girls. Also going on Saturday night is a concert by Taj Mahal...

Author: By J. W. Stillman, | Title: Seize the Weekend | 11/9/1972 | See Source »

Indeed he has been raucus on occasions. When Snavely was a freshman, he participated in several infamous parties in Thayer Hall, some of which resulted in considerable damage to his room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Steve Snavely: In the Center of Things | 11/9/1972 | See Source »

Alan P. Symonds '69, founder of the Bwana Bus and Light Company which does technical work for over half of Harvard's productions, received raucus acclaim for his efforts to obtain the lighting equipment. Robert V. Edgar '69, in his welcome speech, immortalized Symonds with the following lines: "Dunster lay in universal night; God said 'Let Symonds be' and there was light...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hundreds Cheer Dunster's Bridge | 3/18/1968 | See Source »

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