What in your mind represents real technological advancement.

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While I had a grasp of Ed’s audio accomplishments, I wasn’t aware of his profound success elsewhere. Fun read, thanks for sharing!

Speaking of speaker designs:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_line_loudspeaker

I have a pair of Vertex in Burl Walnut finish from W.B.
Other equipment:
Pair of EKSC Eagle 11' monoblocks on Acapella Isolation Platforms & Acapella Couplers/Footers 
Sutherland Engineering N1 Preamplifier
VPI HW19 modified with parts from Analog Emporium (George Merrill)
   RCC Plater Mat, 4-60 Durometer Decoupling Feet, with George's       proprietary spindle bearing lubricant
Ortofon TA-110 Tonearm w/ Cadenza Blue phono cartridge
Custom made W7 Silent PC w/ M-Audio Delta 2496 PCI Soundcard for all digital signals
Kimber Bifocal Speaker Cables 1.83M
Custom Interconnects 5 Feet Length

More info than you probably wanted but it is incredible. 
Cheers, 
perazzi

perazzi
I bet that sounds great...

What about the inexplicable (or simply not explicked) advances from people like Ted Denny and Tim Mrock? Read the breathless endorsements and accolades from the faithful followers of these obvious geniuses and you can see that a mere fuse, piles of "special" tiny aluminum dots possibly bombarded by quantum mojo, magnetic pads, or a $5,000 fuse box enhancer will simply make your rig transform into something you barely are worthy of owning. Nano things...carcinogenic graphene paste...directional fuses...are there still some people out there who question this stuff as illogical marketing scams preying on the sadly gullible? For shame!