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I'm so used to low-fi and my old receiver that has a volume knob that goes from 0 to 10. Well I get a new HK 240 and I turn it on before I have the speakers hooked up to check if it works,(it was dented in shipping, thanks UPS), so the volume display shows dB and I still wasn't clear what that meant so I set it to "ZERO" and turn it off. When I hooked up my speakers and turned it on to my favorite Rush CD, my daughter nearly fell off the couch and my two cats flew out of the room. It was funny. Now I understand dB. The speakers are great by the way.
".....We don't need no thought control..."
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There's a Spinal Tap joke in there somewhere.
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"These go to zero!" 
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My two earlier Onkyos' used the older linear scale as well. But my newer one uses both linear AND db as an option.
Thankfully the default is linear, or I would have preceeded you with this anticdote!
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Good one, Bren! 
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anticdote
ant• ic• dote
noun
a short and amusing story about ants
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Or ants considering a fish disease while looking for food in a residence with an unhealthy aquarium.
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Why are we talking about anticdotes? Did someone get a poisonous snake bite?
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an·tic·dotes, noun - those who are excessively fond of playful, silly, or ludicrous acts. (Oh Oh! We may have a few board members who fit that definition!  )
Now we need definitions for:
at·tic·dotes?
ant·arc·tic·dotes?
an·ti·tic·dotes?
Jack
"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton
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ant•arc•tic•dote
noun
A fancier of frozen insects and circle pieces who is afflicted with involuntary muscle spasms.
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at-tic-dote noun
One who has an extreme fondness for the highest enclosed area in a structure.
Epic 80 / SVS PB13 Ultra
Denon 3805 / M2200 Outlaw Monos /
Sammy 55" LED
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Snakes? On a plane? Oh no!
"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence." C Hitchens
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an•ec•dolt
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someone who repeatedly tells a boring story
I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!
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Jack
"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue." - G. K. Chesterton
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No, no,
the accurate definition is the antonymn of fcapio
I am the Doctor, and THIS... is my SPOON!
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