[EFM] OT: Thrift opportunities

[tomg]

Of course you're right I'm just ranting...;-)

Tom


> << Did you know that every A/V receiver made these
>  days does surround sound with bbds? Sounds like
>  crap! I can't listen to them very long. But what the
>  hey, if your going to listen to CDs and MP3s what
>  would it matter anyway? >>
> 
> I would beg to differ, Tom.  Some of the manufacturers use BBD's to do a 
> cheap surround effect, but many of them are using much more sophisticated LSI 
> chips that do surround decoding using methods licensed from both Dolby 
> Systems abd from Barcus-Berry (BBE).  You can download data sheets on many of 
> these chips from the Mitsubishi Semiconductors website (and from a few 
> others, to, I think).
> 
> There are even a few of these chips that look like they actually might be 
> useful as part of a synth module!  (for stereo synthesis and 3-D effects)  
> Getting our hands on the parts might be difficult, though - unless we pool 
> our cash and order 10,000 of them...
> 
> Michael Bacich