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| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? Since there is no evidence, none at all, (not a sausage, not even the smell of pork - plenty of snake oil aroma if you like) that expensive power cables do anything that the manufacturer supplier ones can’t, it’s time to bring out the Hitchens Raz... | |
| How many people here generally buy used? doodle6"Still have tons of stuff that I never bothered to sell when I “moved up”."That struck a chord with me. I had to think a bit and recollect some of the gear I've stashed away up in the attic or stuff that I'm not using anymore.At the very le... | |
| Open Baffle vs Box genovanellihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_yrG3ZzE1g&t=80sImpressive stuff, not to mention setup!Good to see Open Baffles doing so well in 2020.As gregm mentioned above, if they were good enough for Siegfried Linkwitz, then they're certainly... | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared djones51,Yes, I agree the best way forward would be to have loudspeakers that are reasonably neutral - both in the recording studio and the home. I’ve no doubt that many users of brands such as ATC, B&W, Genelec, JBL, Neumann, etc will feel so... | |
| How many people here generally buy used? For me it's a case of the greater the number of moving parts the greater the need to buy new when it comes to audio. With speakers there's always the concern with surround rot and invisible damage to drivers (esp tweeters) and voice coils. I think... | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared Sound Reproduction: Psychoacoustics of Loudspeakers and RoomsGood article touching on the measuring of loudspeaker behaviour in typical rooms and the dreaded Circle of Confusion which continues to this day because of the lack of industry standards... | |
| Equipment Warm up, but What About Listener Warm up? don_c55,Well said. I’d like to go further and add that the wish to change our mood/mindset is the main reason we all listen to music and pursue our audiophile habits in the first place. For the great majority of us musical entertainment is almost ... | |
| Doubt about a speaker specs. There is no standard measurement of power handling but the fact that the driver efficiency is relatively high means you shouldn’t need too much amplifier power to drive it without clipping.Since most loudspeakers give you advanced warning of being... | |
| Why do you think Bi-Wiring improves the sound ? mirolab85,"It all comes down to HOW WAS IT DESIGNED!!"You must be one hell of a confident dude if you genuinely believe you can easily mod the 801s for better sound. I used to be similarly ’confident’ but eventually, after only a mere 15/20 years ... | |
| Articles You Feel Should be Shared Here’s two video presentations from the redoubtable Ethan Winer.I’ve spent years trying to ignore or refute Ethan’s ’pissing on my fireworks’ attitude.In the end I had to admit that I couldn’t. I now feel that I owe Mr Winer an apology.Audio Myths... | |
| Equipment Warm up, but What About Listener Warm up? Equipment warmup takes a matter of seconds.Listener warmup on the other hand can take years and years and years of blowing hot and cold. | |
| Upgrade Suggestions - Entry Level Setup prashanth13485,As your cable is already 12 awg high purity oxygen free I cannot recommend any cable at any price that I believe would make any beneficial difference. Ditto for the Rega Brio or a Marantz PM 6006 both which I don't believe would off... | |
| Upgrade Suggestions - Entry Level Setup djones51,"After you've read all the shilling for synergistic research garbage.."I wish I'd said that.A better amp ( more features and power) is one obvious answer. Another would be a speaker upgrade. Nowadays there are quite a few high quality boo... | |
| Are manufacturer AC cables good enough? thyname,Thanks for the link. Interesting article but unless I missed something it is a mere long winded cataloguing of all the various factors that Caelin Gabriel (head honcho of Shunyata Research) believes DON’T make a significant difference to p... | |
| Why no interest in reel to reel if you're looking for the ultimate sound? topoxforddoc,"I can testify to that, having archived many 15IPS master tapes in my collection in a straight zero level transfer with a professional Prism Sound A2D converter. The digital file sounds pretty much indistinguishable."Wow, is digital r... |