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The CD reader uses a sophisticated laser pick-up to read the disk. In this phase normally standard chip sets, built only by the major electronic companies (Philips, Sony...) are used. A few esoteric audio companies develop and use proprietary algorithms to extract all possible information from the disk, so that it is not possible to detect reading errors even when they take place.
This is another possible critical issue. In facts the correction algorithm works automatically, eventually recreating missing samples, without any control by the user. This is the reason for which a CD player does not click like an LP: when a sample is missing it can be reconstructed using all adjacent samples and the extra information that has been included specifically for this reason.
This is really a good thing... for a low quality standard! Audiophiles do not appreciate this behaviour so much, as it could hidden great flaws in recorded CDs.
One fact not so easy to explain, for example, is how can two different CD releases of the same digital recording sound so different, provided they have not been re-mastered.
The suspect that there might be an intrinsic media quality factor that alterate the sound quality level is rather diffused...
But what's worse this destroys one of the fundament of digital audio, that is that the digitally recorded signal can be retrieved without any error.
By the way, while in the past in high quality players often there was a limit in correction algorithm implementation, so that could happen that a high level player could not read a CD that was apparently read by a low cost player, recently a few high reputation audio companies have made their correction algorithms better, in order to provide a no-problem reading of faulty CDs.
This anyway means that they accept an higher level of fault and try to correct it, but no one (apart perhaps the designer...) can be sure that the reconstructed samples are definitely correct, that is the original ones.
What can be imagined, alas, is that if enough information is not available to reconstruct the original signal, the correction algorithms can guess what the original signal was. Note anyway that this seems definitely not correct from a purist point of view, and in facts is not correct, but avoids probably the digital equivalent of those annoying LP's clicks (by the way a digital click often sounds exactly like an analogue click...).
During last Top Audio in Milan, I talked with Marco Antonio Lincetto, a well known Italian sound engineer, and he told me that currently any transport should be able to read a CD in flawlessly: that is, if you extract the digital signal from a CD and compare several times and compare the different versions you cannot find any difference.
At the time I accepted the information, but now I understand that this test just shows that a CD player can read a CD in a consistent way, and it is not yet any proof that the extracted stream is correct: another CD player with different correction algorithms could consistently extract a different stream!
Note that even from this point of view the digital to analog converter does not recognise the problem, is completely unaware of it; even when muting takes place, as correction algorithm is not able to extract any reasonably reconstructed sample, the DAC just goes into automuting only after several null samples, but does not perform any correction task.
As a matter of fact, the only information flow from the reader to the DAC, that is the stream we were talking about, is encoded in the SPDIF protocol: we are going to talk about it in the next section.
The SPDIF interface was designed by Sony and Philips (the SP in the name) in order to have a low cost (the magic words...) interface which could effectively (from the economical point of view) drive digital data from a digital source for consumer purposes (by the way, for professional purposes the AES-EBU balanced interface is supposed to be used: it is for sure better since it is far more immune to EMI interference on long runs required in professional usage, but has exactly the same kind of problem we are going to discuss...).
Note that a previous interface existed, which used two wires to separately carry signal and clock: at the time either the effect of improper timing in AD-DA conversion was not completely known, or the cost reduction issues was preponderant in the decision, so that the single wire interconnect was proposed and accepted as a standard.
BUT!!! a flaw was there, even though not relevant... apart for the usual thin slice of the market.
The signal coming out of the CD transport (or the CD player) must be taken to the DAC. It has a frequency depending on the sample rate (44.1Ksps for CDs: instead of KHz you often find Ksps, that means thousand samples per second) and the number of transmitted bits (24 for each sample, of which only 16 are used in CDs, plus other service bits, for a total of 32 bits for each sample of each channel), which takes the flow up to 2.822Mbps.
The bit flow is encoded with a biphase-mark code, which makes the signal independent of absolute polarity and overall prevents the signal to be constantly high or low; this is necessary for the receiver to be able to automatically recognise the bit clock, which would be impossible in case of binary data, where long sequences of 1s or 0s could take place.
Biphase mark encoding simply that at any bit boundary there is a transition and a second transition is present at half bit time when the bit is a mark (digital 1).
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This, as a matter of fact, makes the required band double than the bit rate, about 5.6MHz.
It is for sure not a very high frequency, but it is far higher then the frequencies normally handled by audio DIY people. It is high enough to obtain coupling even when not required... For example I noted that the prototype output started working before really connecting the digital interconnect: it was enough to make its end very near to the binding post!
This means anyway that special care must be taken in order to prevent serious problems.
Apart the fact that careful layout is necessary, there are other problems.
If you look at the SPDIF signal with an oscilloscope, you see a well known pattern named "eye". This is a good way to understand which kind of problems the receiver has to face.
In the case of biphase code, the pattern shows that the waveform is rather heavily distorted depending on the previous symbol: it is a well known problem named intersymbol interference.
The flaw comes out of the fact that the DAC must derive the bit clock from the only signal it receives. But as we saw before, the SPDIF signal is altered by the sequence of symbols, so that the boundary between one symbol and the other does not corresponds to the same threshold level; as normally the boundary recognition is performed by detecting the transitions at a fixed threshold level, the waveform alteration is translated into a time delay of some transitions if compared with others.
That is, the signal from which we are supposed to retrieve the clock does not contain a stable clock indicator (the bit boundary transition), as it is affected by a variable and unpredictable delay.
By the way, the code is not even really a pure biphase mark one: data is organised in frames, and it is necessary to transfer the frame beginning information somehow. In other interfaces it is possible (even though not so easy) to detect the frame alignment analysing decoded data (typically one out of N bits is used only to transmit this alignment info, and this Nth bit contains a fixed pattern, for example 0,1,1).
Why a stable clock reference is so important? Well, take into account a 1 kHz sine wave sampled at 44.1Ksps.
The precision of the original sampling clock is not an issue (that is, it is an independent factor which neither the user nor the reproduction device can control), but if you now imagine that the reproduction of a single sample is delayed with respect to the correct reproduction time, you find that the reconstructed value has an error depending on the waveform slope at that time.
The timing error in the conversion of a sample with respect to the ideal time is named jitter.
In the following image the dark line has been obtained by applying a great amount of jitter before D/A conversion phase: obviously the reconstructed signal will be very different from the original one.
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Just to explain what is happening, the second sample (value of the red line where it crosses the second vertical line) is reproduced with the correct value, but at the wrong time: in facts the blue line reaches the value of the red line slightly before time. Fig. 8a
Jitter is a typical time distortion phenomenon, but can be studied even in the frequency domain (in this case it is properly named phase noise): in practice jitter makes side bands appear beside the fundamental. Analysis of these side bands can be used in quantifying the jitter amount.
The formula for jitter not to cause an error greater than half bit in a n bit system with f maximum signal frequency should be
Max jitter = 2 EXP -n / (pi * f)
(Note: I found the formula in a collection of old e-mails about jitter from newsgroup rec.audio.high-end. It was said it came from an AD manual, but trying to find out how it was computed I found a value four times lower...)
This formula gives 242ps as maximum jitter for a 20kHz / 16bit system. Obviously for an higher number of bits the allowed jitter decreases rapidly, reaching values critical for current technology already for 20kHz / 20 bits. Imagine what happens for 96kHz 24 bits.
Which is the effect of jitter? I must quote, I have not yet made any experiment in this sense, but it is reported as a lack of focus, a disturbance of the soundstage. What's strange, anyway, is that a few authors reported that they appreciated a warm, round sound, but later discovered they were inadvertently injecting jitter in the clock. So even in terms of effect on sound jitter is extremely elusive.
The point of view of a pure purist could well simply be that for sure any analogue recording sounds better than the same piece in any digital recording.
I do not want to get in this war. Alas, purists have lost it, and indeed far before than the sound of a digital recording could slightly resemble to an analogue recording. But they have lost the war definitely, and they have lost it against the global recorded music market, of which purists are indeed a little part of the already thin slice represented by audiophiles.
Indeed they have lost the war and they believe that all the damage has come from this. I am not so sure. You could imagine two scenarios in the struggle for quality audiophiles are fighting.
First scenario, the majors decide that the audiophile market is rich and fat, and decide to address it specifically with special quality tools, which require a special support, lets' name it YperCD, different and not compatible with the standard consumer support.
In the other scenario, majors decide that no different support can be supported and produce one reasonable quality support. The sales price can and must be reduced, as the manufacturing cost gets lower and lower, and even though much of the advantage goes into producers' profit, part of it is shared with the customer because of market laws.
No doubt I prefer the second scenario: the first leads to an elite market with a very high access threshold sustained only by always increasing prices with no (big) technical progress. The example is the current vinyl market: I cannot find anything really interesting from the musical point of view, apart from a few re-editions of old performances.
In the end, the absence of real competitors could also be not so bad in this market. Actually our consumer electronic global village seems to have become too small and too crazy for competition to produce real good selection. Remember Beta vs VHS? The winner (which was the worse of the two, do not forget) controlled the mass market for decades, before something definitely better appeared and killed it.
But even though no real competitor can arise from the few followers of the Pure Sound, a deep, acre and hard criticism does.
One of the most advanced positions is expressed by Ryohei Kusunoki in a three-parts article published by MJ, an important Japanese audio electronic design magazine, and also available on the Web.
Kusunoki says that oversampling is far worse than no oversampling. His point of view is as follows. Oversampling has been introduces in order to reduce the constraint which the DAC and the following analogue filter were subject to, as we explained in the first part of this article.
But no one has considered jitter, he says. From this point of view, taking into account that the average error (which can also be seen as the noise floor which limits the available dynamic range) is half the LSB, least significant bit, you could decide that this is also the maximum acceptable level for the jitter-induced error.
In this case the maximum acceptable jitter is 173ps at basic sample rate and precision (44.1ksps and 16bit), computed as 1 / 44100 / 2exp16 / 2. But if you take into account for example an 8X oversampling with 20 bit word, then to achieve the same precision jitter should be as low as 1.35psec, which is absolutely impossible to achieve. From this Kusunoki derives that an oversampling unit is not able to offer the same precision as a non oversampling unit.
With regards to the digital anti-aliasing filters which normally come after the DAC in case of oversampling, Kusunoki just thinks that they are no use at all as the human auditory sense is a powerful low pass filter, and filters out any component over 20kHz.
By the way Kusunoki critics hit any digital filter. He says that any digital filter is just a sequence of delay blocks with some elaboration of the delayed samples.
Well, I must admit I only read a translated excerpt of his articles, but I really cannot agree with several points expressed above. Anyway, as Kusunoki seems to be a well known and respected purist, I think it is important to know even this, so different, point of view.
Actually, there is at least one thing Kusunoki says that cannot be denied by (almost) anyone: the pulse response of a normal CD player is really poor; any other HiFi component with the same pulse response, apart perhaps speakers, would probably be considered not acceptable.
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I read recently in an Italian magazine that the ringing is absolutely correct, as that matches with the theoretical pulse response of a digital filter. Well, I must say that this illuminating statement does not make me less dubious about the all stuff. By the way, I believe to remember from my university days that the ringing is not the theoretical response of the ideal filter, but the theoretical response of the practical filter, as the ideal one requires infinite delay and seems therefore slightly impractical to implement :-)
Kusunoki just says that according to his opinion this ringing makes the sound less natural and musical. I would like you to note that in the case of a sudden transient note (a piano or a drum, for example) the ringing would precede the note by 0.5ms; even though this time might not be long enough and the ringing frequency too high (about 22kHz) to hear, this "leading queue" could hypothetically reduce the perceived dynamic impact of the sound and alter the quality of sound.
Just to show anyway that the topic is not so marginal, a few recent Japanese hi-end players present a pulse response without ringing, obtained via very sophisticated oversampling filters.
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In SPDIF flow, instead, the alignment information is transmitted by inserting in the flow violations to the general rule of the biphase mark code: in the example above (data is almost all zeroes) you can see two violations (three semi-periods with the same value) between 4 and 6 and one more at 16us. This makes the code an even (slightly) less stable clock reference.
Note that in the figures the timing error is clearly exaggerated, in facts it is about 20% of the sampling period: normally we are talking about hundreds of ps (pico second, 10E-12 sec), that is about 0,001% of 44.1kHz sampling period.
2.4 - A purist's point of view
The cost of the single YperCD record in this case must rise a lot, it's a special quality recording produced in low numbers, let's say three times the current one.
From the point of view of diffusion, no normal consumer listener would accept the extra cost, and the availability of YperCD software (if price remains limited) or its price (if a wide spread of titles is made available) would soon become the limiting factor in the market (what's happening with vinyl nowadays?).
With regard to the YperCD record player production, the numbers involved are so low that the price of the unit is very high too, and they do not tend to decrease as the low income does not allow any further research in the area (remember the DAT?).
As a consequence, its ability to remain a leading technological solution is progressively eroded by the low cost consumer technology progress, where any little technical improvement can result in great sales advantage (remember DAT vs CDs). Note that should at any time the high quality support production cost become lower than the consumer support one, the majors would immediately kill the most expensive one, forcing consumer into the other...
The availability of new recordings is unrestricted. The single player type is widely diffused, and its price decreases too, even though high quality players would maintain an high cost at least to keep up their own image. Technological research on account of good sound would be lead by high end companies which could anyway be sure that the results of their studies can be traded to consumer companies, while the cost reduction would be granted by the always better mass-produced ICs designed by these.
The same with Compact Cassette: it was able to survive Elcaset, DAT and Minidiscs and was already dead because of age before CDRs took its crown (at least here in Italy, where Minidiscs are not yet so diffused).
Even the effect of these digital filters on following equipment is very limited, as they filter out all components up to the oversampling frequency, but not the ones over it.
The basic delay block at 44.1KHz is anyway 0.022usec, but delays are cumulated so that the total delay gets often over 2msec, which is the delay detection threshold for the human being. So, he says, the delay can be detected and causes big damage to sound. The best known consequence of this fact, he says, is the typical frequency response of a CD player to a pulse, which results indeed far from the ideal one.
Note that even though some of the technical points seem not to be completely correct from the technical point of view this shows that no assessed knowledge should be accepted without a good, safe deal of scepticism.
What's worse, the pulse response of a digital filter, and hence of a normal CD player, has a deeply non-natural behaviour, that is it has a ripple that begins before the real pulse, which is really hard to find in any real word musical instrument behaviour.
I do not know if Kusunoki theory is now supported by serious studies or simply the Kusunoki effect has hit the market even though unsupported by any evidence, but apparently the big Japanese companies intend to address this issue.
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How do you bite your thumb at the stream of cynical sub-scents that emerge every summer? Here's a pretty good, two-word answer: Like This. Need more detail? Well, you start with a radiant flash of citrusy ginger, paired with a glassy lavender and the quietest hint of sweet saffron. Then you unveil a full-bodied immortelle, giving it plenty of room to show off its woody, spicy, fruity complexity. Next you introduce a well-measured scattering of bitter almonds and rose petals, lightening them with a temperate breeze that almost feels aldehydic, not unlike the effect created by Rive Gauche. And finally, you tell the world's perfume critics that your scent also contains a 'pumpkin accord', and you watch as they scratch their heads and decide if they really can detect anything vegetable-like in their sample, or if a fairy godmother has waved her wand over it and turned it into a silvery-gold bauble. You balance all these elements with immaculate precision. You name your fragrance after a Persian poem. You choose Tilda Swinton for your advertising campaign, sending out all the right messages about androgyny and eccentric English cool. And then you watch as the other inconsequential little aquas and sport lites quiver behind their multi-million dollar marketing campaigns and marvel at your impressive longevity. Or to go back to that two-word answer, the best way to do it is Like This.
I reckon nearly all UK-based perfume-lovers are aware of London's Les Senteurs, which is why I haven't felt it necessary to sing the shop's praises. But just in case there are still a few people out there who haven't made their way to Elizabeth Street (or, indeed, browsed the shop's comprehensive website), this is a timely opportunity to state that stepping into the place is like walking into the most welcoming little perfume world where the staff couldn't be more helpful and the goods on offer couldn't be more enticing. Most importantly, there isn't the faintest whiff of pushiness in the air and you're allowed plenty of time to spray on blotters, make notes and think.
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Christof - I don't dislike all fresh scents either... but I don't have much time for the ones that feel like they're produced on a soulless assembly line.
Bellatrix - Which fruit notes do you find particularly tricky? The citrus oils tend to be very easy to work with, I find.
Michael - If Les Senteurs were closer to me, I reckon I'd be much poorer!
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June 29, 2012, 12:48 PM | #1 |
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My brand new P.O.S! S&W SD40VE Range Report
I purchased a N.I.B Smith & Wesson SD40VE yesterday at a price that I thought was excellent. I already had the initial impression that the QC was off on these because the first example I handled had heavy tool marks between the slide serration and sharp metal burrs on the serration themselves. They went in the back and got me another and everything looked good. I took it to the range this morning and it was hands down the worst range trip I have ever had. I took 100 rounds of 180 grain Federal Champion FMJ and 100 rounds of 165 grain Winchester White Box FMJ.
Out of 200 rounds with both magazines I had 103!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! failures to feed. I had 103 failures to feed out of 200 rounds. The trigger did smooth out and was long but fairly light. It was fairly accurate. Recoil when I actually got it chambered to fire was not to bad for such a light gun. Sights were good. However this was the WORST pistol I have ever purchased. I am not saying they are all like this but an example that bad making it into a store SCREAMS lousy quality control. If it was 1 magazine then I just got a bad mag but it was with both, it was with 2 different brands of ammunition and it was with 2 seperate bullet weights. I called the store I purchased it at to see if they would handle sending it back to Smith & Wesson for me and they told me to come in. When I got there they checked to make sure everything was in the box and refunded my money in full. I wish I knew how to post a vid on here. I showed it to the LGS and the guy said " DAMN now that is rediculous". If somebody knows how I can post a video from my phone then please by all means tell me. This was surprising for multiple reasons to me. Biggest being that I am a die hard Smith & Wesson fan. Out of all my handguns only 4 are not Smith & Wessons. Second being it was a new gun and not some used and abused piece. Third the fact that it was supposed to be better then a Sigma and say what you will about Sigma's but I have never had one fail at all let alone do that. My advise is stay away from them. You might get a good one and you might not. I sure as hell didnt
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June 29, 2012, 12:52 PM | #2 |
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Sorry to hear about your experience. That's definitely a stand-up thing by your LGS to give you a full refund. At least you didn't get stuck with a lemon.
June 29, 2012, 12:54 PM | #3 |
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Oh I know.If anybody is in my area the best shop here is Holleys Pawn and Gun. They stand behind anything they sell.
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June 29, 2012, 04:20 PM | #4 |
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Wow I can't believe you had such problems. My SD is a 9mm and it is 100% on the money and reliable. I wish I could say that for my Glock 23 in 40. I firmly believe that the 9mm round is much more reliable and makes a better functioning handgun in that caliber over the 40. My Glock 19 is a reliable gun but my 40 caliber guns give me a trouble. I have to say honestly I love my sd in 9mm. One bad report, I am really stunned because my gun is that good.
June 29, 2012, 04:47 PM | #5 |
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That has got to be the worst range report I ever read.
Glad the LGS took care of you, there is a lot to be said about doing business with a local guy/girl.
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June 29, 2012, 06:03 PM | #6 |
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I have yet to have that happen to me. I've been fairly lucky with my firearms purchases(minus a wasr I got screwed on) but I've never grabbed one that made me take it straight back to the store. I am glad the LGS refunded you in full. at least they value your business enough to go out of their way to make it right. sounds like a great place. that is interesting though, my brother had problems with a sigma but he's the only person I know with truly negative things to say about SW and he's that way with anything that doesn't have XDM on the slide so I've yet to formulate an opinion of them. generally speaking though the SD()VE line is pretty well respected which makes the huge QC issues yo have witnessed seem kindof odd. maybe it's SWs way of making an excuse to shut down the old models and just concentrate on M&Ps henceforth.
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June 29, 2012, 06:04 PM | #7 |
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I'm sorry to hear you had so much trouble with it. Glad the gun shop took care of it. They aren't all that way though, I bought mine used and it hasn't missed a beat.
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June 29, 2012, 06:10 PM | #8 |
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Yes, S&W makes lemons sometimes.
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June 29, 2012, 06:31 PM | #9 |
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Out of curiosity, did you field strip, clean and lube the gun before you took it to the range ?
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June 29, 2012, 06:37 PM | #10 |
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Roger that. I stripped it. Cleaned with Hoppes 9 and lubricated with Rem Oil.
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June 29, 2012, 06:37 PM | #11 |
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I was wondering the same thing. A lot of the problems I've seen folks have with new guns is due to lack of a proper clean and lube before taking them out to the range.
Ok, then. That answered my question. Sorry you got a dud, but glad your LGS will make it right. |
June 29, 2012, 06:50 PM | #12 |
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Sorry to hear about your experience. My experience with my SW9VE was much the same.
July 2, 2012, 12:15 PM | #13 |
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I bought a M&P 9mm a few month's after they came out and it wouldn't extract empty shell casings. I couldn't get 3 shots in a row and seldom 2. The chamber and bore looked like someone took a rat tail file to ream them. I have bought a couple S&W SD's in the past and had great luck with those. I wonder where QC is? My M&P went back twice before it was shootable.
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July 2, 2012, 07:46 PM | #14 |
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As with any new guns just off the press they're gonna have teething pains. The Sigmas' been around for years and I bought my 9mm in Feb. Glad to say it's 100% after 900 rounds.
In a way you're a beta tester so you get another one or get a refund. |
July 2, 2012, 07:57 PM | #15 |
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I had a '98 model Sigma in .40 that just stopped firing. The striker was not resetting. Sent it back to S&W twice and asked for a new gun the 3rd time. This was about the time they were transitioning from the original Sigma, to a newer, improved version. I demanded the newer version. When they sent me the new gun it was the old version. I needed a 4th trip to UPS for a return. After 5 months and 4 trips to the factory I still had not successfully fired a full box of ammo.
When the new gun came in my LGS allowed me the full purchase price I'd paid 5 months earlier for the new gun which I traded for a Glock. I understand the newer versions are much better now. |
July 2, 2012, 08:08 PM | #16 |
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I bought one of the first .40 Sigmas to come out. I never liked the trigger pull and never was able to shoot well with it, though it shot OK when bench rested. But it is very reliable and has digested everything I have put through it.
I am glad the shop did right by you; let's hope they send the gun back to S&W so the factory can see that there is a problem. (After all, if the factory doesn't get the lemons back, they think everything is OK when it isn't.) Jim
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July 3, 2012, 07:13 AM | #17 |
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I believe the SW9/40VE guns are just about perfect.
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July 3, 2012, 09:41 AM | #18 |
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The new SDs were supposed to be better, now I don't know. They were an improved (VE) models based on the SD and the Sigma.
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July 5, 2012, 10:04 AM | #20 |
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So im just slightly confused here, was this a sw40ve or the sd40? With everyone throwing around model designations as if it were alphabet soup, i got lost in the process.
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July 5, 2012, 11:22 AM | #21 |
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It was the new SD40VE
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July 8, 2012, 03:23 AM | #22 |
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Defending the Co. not that gun. One gun
I'm not going to defend them, but to shame, as you like the company, that doesn't do them any favor's.
One complaint makes more of an impact than twelve praises. First, as far as I know they shoot one (not 2-3-4-5) test shot, and send a shell in an envelope with the gun. Time is money and that is a cheap (low priced) gun. It's not like they are going to massage every gun and charge $100 more. Cheap gun for cheap/poor costumer's. S&W is a name, and I will defend it, I to had issue's, but I didn't come online and rip them one! I could live with, or without them, but I choose to live with my friend S&W, and not come on line and bash S&W. Second, it had an obvious flaw, but you still continued to waste ammo. Wish full thinking. So you had an emossional rampage just to hit it home to a double negitive. And this is a company you own most of your guns. ohhh, the shame! Third, I considered the SD9, but (no pun to S&W), I have many other choice's beside S&W (Glock's, HK's, Ruger's, and any other reputable gun companies). I'm still considering the SD9, but....other options are on my long term list. I need a replacement for my SW9VE, which I sold to my bro after 3000+ with one jam, a Corbon, and one missfire, it was the ammo. I can't recommend the SD9, but I'm sure it would serve most people well that's looking for a good affordable gun. Hey, it's S&W, they back up they're product, and they probably destroyed a good gun that just needed a few tweek's. If you got this far, are you going to buy another new S&W? |
July 8, 2012, 03:58 AM | #23 |
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I am not sure if I will or not. I am a firm beleiver in there 3rd gens, revolvers, and my Shield 9mm that has been flawless. I didnt have an emotional rampage I posted about a terrible experience I had with a new pistol. I shot what I had with me. Thats why I went to the range. I dont think a gun needing tweeks should leave the factory if it needs tweeks. Not from a company such as Smith & Wesson. I have never had a problem with my other Smiths or Glocks or Sigs. I wouldnt have expected that performance from a Jennings. I have had Sigmas that were dead on reliable. The gun was terrible and I dont see a problem with posting the experience I had with a pistol that is supposed to be better then what it is replacing. If you had the same problem but kept it to yourself ok. It doesnt seem as such since you just shared it. I posted because I dont share your view. Will I buy another Smith & Wesson? Most likely. Will I buy another SD? Hell no.
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July 8, 2012, 05:26 AM | #24 |
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so what your saying is you dont like your new S&W ?
July 8, 2012, 12:35 PM | #25 | |
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I have a (one of a few) Performance Center gun that started pitting. The guy on the phone wouldn't want to hear no more, he said shipping label was in the mail over night, 4 weeks, new looking gun. M627 V-comp. I know S&W has gone trough other ownerships, but the new owner's, to me, seem to care to make a good gun. BTW, how's the Shield 9mm working out? I'm still looking for a poly for carry besides my 638 J-frame. |
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Release of tethered spinal cord by sectioning of the filum terminale carries a risk of injuring neighboring motor and sensory nerve roots involved in bowel and bladder control. Therefore, intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring techniques have been developed to prevent neurological complications postoperatively. We performed a retrospective chart review of 63 patients ...
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There is a close link between the embryological development of the musculoskeletal system and all other main organ systems. We report a prospective series of 202 patients with congenital vertebral abnormalities and document the associated abnormalities in other systems. There were 100 boys and 102 girls. In 153 there were ...
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A postpartum patient with a history of epilepsy and lack of compliance with anticonvulsant medication presented with seizures following removal of the placenta under spinal anaesthesia. An acute posterior fossa extradural haematoma was diagnosed and evacuated uneventfully. The aetiology of the seizures and possible association of the haematoma with spinal ...
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We describe the clinical, radiologic, and postmortem findings of a 42-year-old man with intravascular lymphomatosis. The patient presented with a conus medullaris syndrome followed by progressive, disseminated spinal and cerebral symptoms. Disseminated encephalomyelitis was suspected due to the clinical, radiologic, and cerebrospinal fluid findings and the results of a stereotactic ...
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OBJECT: The authors report their experience in the treatment of 12 symptomatic patients with intradural spinal neurocysticercosis. METHODS: The mean age of the 12 patients was 33 years. There were eight female and four male patients. Cysticercosis was present in association with hydrocephalus in nine cases. In nine of 12 ...
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PURPOSE: Most patients with spinal cord injuries suffer from constipation or fecal incontinence. This study was designed to observe rectal wall properties and the rectoanal inhibitory reflex in patients with acute and chronic spinal cord injury. METHODS: Rectal wall properties were studied by rectal impedance planimetry, a method for simultaneous ...
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Twenty-three patients with Marfan syndrome who had a posterior spinal arthrodesis, with or without instrumentation, autogenous iliac crest bone graft, and postoperative immobilization were retrospectively reviewed to formulate guidelines for the treatment of scoliosis. Patients in group 1 (7 patients) had both the primary and secondary curves arthrodesed, whereas patients ...
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OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to describe the natural history of tethered cord in patients who have undergone meningomyelocele repair. METHODS: We performed a retrospective review of 45 patients with a history of neonatal meningomyelocele repair who subsequently developed symptoms of tethered cord. Symptoms of tethered cord in ...
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OBJECTIVES: This paper compares the diagnostic sensitivity of two tests in lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS): lumbosacral root stimulation with needle electrodes and needle electromyograph (EMG). MATERIAL AND METHODS: Twenty patients with LSS were assigned to two groups: Patients with 'neurogenic intermittent claudication' (NIC) only (n=11), and patients with 'neurological signs' ...
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Previous studies have suggested that spinal cord compression by the vertebral bodies and intervertebral discs during neck flexion cause cervical flexion myelopathy (CFM). However, the exact pathophysiology of CFM is still unknown, and surgical treatment for CFM remains controversial. We examined retrospectively patients with CFM based on studies of the ...
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OBJECTIVE: To assess whether a unilateral spinal anaesthesia using 0.5% hyperbaric Bupivacaine will restrict the sympathetic block to avoid the undesired cardio vascular effects. METHODOLOGY: In this study 40 ASA III and IV patients aged between 60-90 years undergoing unilateral lower limb surgery were included. All patients received unilateral spinal ...
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STUDY DESIGN: Study of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of tuberculosis of spine to determine the incidence and features of isolated tuberculous involvement of the posterior spinal elements. OBJECTIVE: To describe the MRI findings in patients with isolated tuberculous involvement of the posterior spinal elements. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: Spinal tuberculosis ...
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For the follow-up of patients with sagittal spinal deformities and postural disorders, we do not have well validated measuring systems at our disposal. All clinical measuring parameters are liable to a high margin of error. With a growing number of patients suffering from postural disorders and kyphoses, we have to ...
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Duggal N - - 2002
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: It is generally accepted that the gray matter in the watershed area of the midthoracic level of the spinal cord is the ischemic watershed zone of the spinal cord. We performed a retrospective study to reevaluate the frequency and distribution of spinal cord injury after a global ...
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The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that physiotherapy-based intervention can reduce incidence of progression in children with IS because progression of spinal curvature in patients with idiopathic scoliosis (IS) is of paramount concern in treatment strategies. Follow-up of the outcome of two prospective studies using the ...
van Dijk J Marc C - - 2002
OBJECT: Dural arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are a well-known pathoanatomical and clinical entity. Excluding bilateral involvement of the cavernous sinus, multiple dural AVFs are rare, with isolated reports in the literature. The additional risk associated with multiplicity is unknown, although it has been claimed that there is a greater risk of ...
Alaranta H - - 2002
OBJECTIVE: Käpylä Rehabilitation Centre is in Finland the only unit taking care of the subacute rehabilitation activities of patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The annual incidence of new patients with SCI is 55 (1.1 per 100,000 inhabitants). The ankylosed spine (AS) is reported to be at greater risk for ...
Kumar C V - - 2001
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Although intramedullary spinal cord cysticercosis (IMC) is uncommon, its presence is being increasingly recognised by magnetic resonance imaging. We studied six patients from an endemic region and present the MRI features and clinical correlation of IMC. Six patients who presented with para- or quadriplegia were studied by contrast enhanced spinal ...
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Schabel J E - - 2001
We report a case of successful administration of a spinal anesthetic to a patient with progressive chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP). There have been no reports of regional anesthetic management of patients with CIDP.
Bird V G - - 2001
Retrospective chart review. To identify factors in addition to level of injury (LOI) that may predict ejaculation by penile vibratory stimulation (PVS) in spinal cord injured males. Major urban medical school and teaching hospital. Presence of a bulbocavernosus response (BCR) and a hip flexor response (HR) before PVS (n=123 patients), ...
Langeloo D D - - 2001
The importance of spinal cord monitoring during corrective scoliosis surgery is widely acknowledged. However, for patients with preoperative neurologic deficits, its use is technically difficult. In this article, we describe intraoperative transcranial electrical motor evoked potential (TCE-MEP) monitoring in nine patients with neuromuscular weakness who underwent corrective scoliosis surgery. In ...
Ghosh K - - 2001
A young asymptomatic patient, with moderate haemophilia due to factor IX deficiency, developed symptoms of upper cord compression caused by a haemorrhage 12 hours after riding a motorcycle on a poorly maintained road. This led to quadriparesis with respiratory paralysis. In spite of neurosurgical intervention and intensive management with respirator ...
Davis J T - - 2001
BACKGROUND: In 1995, we reported the use of lateral thoracic expansion in a patient with symptomatic Jeune's asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy. We have subsequently used lateral thoracic expansion 16 times on 10 patients during 7 years. This article reports our outcomes and provides surgical details. METHODS: Charts of all patients undergoing ...
Hopkinson N - - 2001
We studied the spectrum of septic discitis presenting to two busy district general hospitals over 2.5 years (November 1996 to April 1999), surveying the case notes of all patients attending Royal Bournemouth and Poole Hospitals with probable septic discitis on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Twenty-two cases of septic discitis were ...
Jacome D E - - 2001
OBJECTIVE: Blepharoclonus (BLC) denotes a large amplitude, involuntary tremors of the orbicularis oculi muscles, observed during gentle closure of the eyelids. BLC may follow major head trauma. Four patients with Arnold-Chiari malformation (ACM) and BLC are described. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The first patient had facial numbness for 5 months; the ...
Jafari H - - 2001
The occurrence of motor neuron disease after electrical injury in six patients is reported and compared with patients from the literature. The patients were five men with spinal onset and one woman with bulbar motor neuron disease after electric shock. Two patients were struck by lightning and four by industrial ...
Wenger M - - 2001
Spinal anaesthesia is a safe, routinely performed procedure. However, in patients with lumbar cutaneous abnormities or deformities of the lower extremities, a previously undetected spinal anomaly may be present. In such patients, it may be prudent to avoid central neuraxial block to prevent neural damage. This instructive case presents such ...
Bayley A - - 2001
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to identify clinical parameters that predict occult subarachnoid space or spinal cord (SAS/SC) compression, as determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), in patients with metastatic prostate carcinoma. METHODS: A prospective study was performed in which 68 patients with bone metastases from prostate carcinoma ...
Tsiptsios I - - 2001
The difficulties in diagnosing spinal cord lesions due to the cervical spondylosis is well-known in clinical neurology. In order to investigate the contribution of various neurophysiological examinations in the diagnosis in cervical spondylosis, we examined 70 patients suffering from cervical spondylosis, with peripheral nerve conduction studies, F-wave from the upper ...
Wrobel C J - - 2001
OBJECT: This study was conducted to review the presentation and management of patients with coccidioidomycosis involving the spine. METHODS: The authors reviewed 23 cases of spinal coccidioidomycosis treated at their institutions. There were 20 males and three females who ranged in age from 9 to 62 years. Non-Caucasian individuals were ...
Miller B J - - 2001
BACKGROUND: Patients with spinal cord injury (SCI) have always posed difficulties for the diagnosis of an acute abdomen. The aim of the present study was to define this problem retrospectively at Princess Alexandra Hospital and to assess the results of treatment for these patients. METHODS: A retrospective review was conducted ...
Suh S W - - 2001
The incidence of intraspinal abnormalities associated with congenital spinal anomalies as detected by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is becoming better defined. In this study, 41 nonrandomized children with congenital spinal deformities (excluding myelomeningocele) who underwent complete MR evaluation were reviewed. Of the 41 congenital spinal deformities, 37 demonstrated congenital scoliosis, ...
Matsuzaki T - - 2001
To clarify clinical and laboratory findings that may be related to the pathomechanism of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), we analyzed these findings in 239 patients with HAM/TSP, including 64 patients followed up for 10 years after their first examinations, with special interest in the HTLV-I proviral load in peripheral ...
Santos-Bento M - - 2001
INTRODUCTION: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting motor neuron cells in the cerebral cortex, brain stem and spinal cord. Autonomic nervous system involvement is not a recognized feature of the disease; nonetheless, autonomic dysfunction has been reported in severely affected patients. The aim of this study ...
Daynard D - - 2001
Back injuries are a serious problem for nursing personnel who perform frequent patient-handling activities. Common prevention strategies include body mechanics education, technique training, and ergonomic interventions such as the introduction of assistive equipment. This investigation assessed and compared the effectiveness of two patient-handling approaches to reducing injury risk. One strategy ...
Wong M S - - 2001
The possibility of using learned physiological responses in control of progressive adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) was investigated. Sixteen (16) AIS patients with progressing or high-risk curves (Cobb's angle between 25 degrees and 35 degrees at start and reducible by lateral bending) were fitted with a device with tone alarm for ...
Lacy B E - - 2001
Syringomyelia is a rare degenerative disorder of the spinal cord that causes progressive neurological dysfunction. Patients with syringomyelia have a variety of gastrointestinal symptoms although there are limited data on the frequency or the severity of these complaints. In this case report we describe a 65-yr-old man with syringomyelia and ...
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Album: Roses N' Guns 2: The BADDER ASSED Mixtape That Rocks
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No, you're not suffering the after-effects from celebrating too much yesterday (unless you're still celebrating), this track is real. The only question from me is where was Nikki Lynette during yesterday's 4/20 festivities? With her newest single, Bird = Word 2.0, Lynette is out to prove that she isn't the only Nikki/Nicki worthy of attention on the hip-hop scene (I prefer her, actually). With vocal spasticity that would make F. Baby's head spin, the Freestyle Series alum absolutely destroys one of the more experimental street productions we've heard in a minute, courtesy of Matt Hennessey and the first extended Family Guy sample in music history. In addition to previous release Pick A Side, records like these turn listeners heads, which is good, because now everyone knows Nikki's not to be slept on…and that the bird is the word. If you liked this little piece of insanity, be sure to keep it locked to the DJBooth when we drop her latest mixtape, Roses N' Guns 2: The Badder Assed Mixtape That Rocks, on May 18, and be sure to check out Bird's accompanying video.
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Rajagopalan, M and Vivekanandan, E and Balan, K and Kurup, K N (2000) Incidental Catch of Sea Turtles Along the Indian Coast. In: The Fifth Indian Fisheries Forum Proceedings, 17-20 January, 2000, Bhubaneswar, Orissa .
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In recent years, there is concern on the large scale mortality of sea turtles due to incidental catch in fishing operations along the lndian coast resulting in conflict between conservationists and fishing communities. Along the Indian coast, 3190 and 2605 turtles were incidentally caught by fishing gears during 1997 and 1998, respectively. In addition to this, 5000 sea turtles, especially the olive ridley Lepidochelys olivacea were incidentally caught during the mass nesting months along the Orissa coast. Gillnets accounted for 60.1 % of the catch and the trawls for 13.1 % only. To reduce the mortality due to incidental catch, two options, namely closure of fishing during mass nesting period and attachment of Turtle Excluder Device (TED) to the trawl nets are suggested. The advantages and disadvantages of the options are suggested.
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Incidental catch; sea turtle; lndian coast |
Subjects: | Marine turtle |
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Title: | An Iterative Algorithm for Calculating Stylus Radius Unambiguously |
Published: | September 24, 2011 |
Abstract: | The stylus radius is an important specification for stylus instruments and is commonly provided by instrument manufacturers. However, it is difficult to measure the stylus radius unambiguously. Accurate profiles of the stylus tip may be obtained by profiling over an object sharper than itself, such as a razor blade. However, the stylus profile thus obtained is a partial arc, and unless the shape of the stylus tip is a perfect sphere or circle, the effective value of the radius depends on the length of the tip profile over which the radius is determined. We have developed an iterative, least squares algorithm aimed to determine the effective least squares stylus radius unambiguously. So far, the algorithm converges to reasonable results for the least squares stylus radius. We suggest that the algorithm be considered for adoption in documentary standards describing the properties of stylus instruments. |
Proceedings: | 13th International Conference on the Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces |
Volume: | 311 |
Pages: | 5 pp. |
Location: | Teddington, -1 |
Dates: | April 12-15, 2011 |
Keywords: | stylus, radius, surface, roughness, profiling |
Research Areas: | Dimensional Metrology |
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New Delhi, September 15 Sounds far-fetched but the proposal, which has received a thumbs up from the industry and escaped from a political resistance as in the case of FDI in retail, has the potential of paving the way for Indians making an entry to the foreign airline businesses, this is what an independent auditor KPMG believes. Amber Dubey, head of KPMG-Indias Aviation Practice, says the idea may sound unimaginable today but just like no one had imagined that iconic brands like Arcelor or JLR could be owned by Indians one day. This could lead to establishment of new airlines in India and perhaps, a change in the ownership structure of certain Indian carriers. All this is good for Indian passengers. Increased competition would lead to better offerings, greater efficiency, cheaper airfares and more power to the passenger, he said. Experts, however, believe unless ATF costs are rationalized to bring down the operating costs, there will be no cost advantage to even well-heeled foreign investors. Just allowing foreign carriers to invest in India will not solve the problems of high costs that plague the sector. Efforts made by successive civil aviation ministers to convince the states to reduce taxes on ATF have been in vain so far but there is a view that liaison with a global player will provide some good fuel options to the Indian partner. Concerns are also there about the issue of price cutting by global carriers, losses to Indian airlines and threat to national security. Burdened with a debt of over Rs 7,000 crore, opening up of this sector may fulfill some dreams of the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines and to some extent of GoAir and Spicejet but more successful players in the pack, Jet Airways and IndiGo, have not been too keen on the move. Meanwhile, FICCI president R.V. Kanoria said: The possibility of new JVs entering the market with the help of foreign strategic partners will result in better competition and more choices for the consumer. Improved customer service standards and reduced tariffs will follow in this sector as well. According to CII president Adi Godrej, the move will bring much required capital into the industry thereby enabling healthy recapitalization of airlines, promoting vital connectivity and providing benefits to all stakeholders including banks. |
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Reversing the eco-charger could have the unintended consequence of over-charging the start battery, leading to a premature death usually when you will most need it.
Reversing the charge scheme (putting the Eco-charger on the house bank) would severely limit the rate at which the house bank would charge.
The purpose of the Eco-charger is to ensure the start battery is not cooked as without it, the start battery would be charged at the same rate as the house bank. If, as most of us do, you have a large house bank, large charging source and a somewhat depleted house bank, the net flow of current into the house bank would be at a rate such that the start battery (presumably not equally discharged) would suffer.
In most respects, every boat should be able to start off a house bank if necessary. There is nothing sacred about a fully charged start battery as long as you have a means of switching over to a house bank for starting when needed.
So the dunb newbi needs something explained to him,
Way i understand this the charger charges one bank to max the kicks to the other.How does that fry a start batt if you reverse it?
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