On January 18, 2012 at 20:01, Audiophiliac said...
Do you guys think this chap will really go looking for a dealer?
On January 18, 2012 at 08:11, hdtvluvr said...
Yes, after reading some more I see that the 260 would be the way to go especially with a cable box which will soon be installed. Also it uses standard 3.5 mm jacks instead of the "special" 2.5 mm jacks for the 250.
I guess you missed the installer trainings over the last few years... when the 250 came out with the smaller jacks, I asked one of the trainers about it and she told me that this size was a mistake. Make that "oversight," as in "it was reviewed by the oversight committee." :-}
The overseas manufacturer who made those units shipped samples complete with emitters to URC, and whoever reviewed them at URC was (as I see it) not familiar enough with IR emitters to notice that the plugs and jacks were 2.5mm instead of 3.5mm. All else seemed good, they okayed them, they got thousands, then they discovered that other LEDs would not plug into them. Oops.
They're special because they were a mistake.
