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MEASUREMENTS

sually when I measure an amplification or digital product, I carry the box down the stairs to my basement, where I have my listening room and test lab. However, the Accustic Arts AMP V was too heavy for me to do this. Instead, I rolled it in its wheeled flightcase into the vestibule outside the listening room, removed the flightcase cover, and left the amplifier sitting in the flightcase at the top of the small flight of stairs. I then set up my Audio Precision SYS2722 system (see the January 2008 “As We See It”) with its dedicated PC, my analog and digital oscilloscopes, test loads, etc, at the foot of the stairs. The

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