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| Harbelth HL5plus IMO, never bank on a speaker "breaking in" if you think you heard an aspect you didn't like.That said...I owned the Harbeth SuperHL5+ for a while, and have heard it numerous times elsewhere, e.g. stores.Given it's dimensions and rated specs, I did... | |
| The Science of Cables glupsonDoes anyone else see this thread as religious? One side is sure, the other one is sure it is not. Well, bit of a broad brush there glupson. At least some of us (e.g. myself) do not take a stance of ’religious’ character in terms of dogmatic... | |
| I give up on new vinyl It's always a crap shoot to some degree, but I've generally found new vinyl sounds excellent. If I wasn't get a high ratio of good condition/sound to stinkers, I certainly wouldn't be amassing the amount of vinyl I currently do.I just cracked ope... | |
| Whats the deal? I’m confused by the OP.Who is choosing looks over sound in their speakers?This is an audiophile site; if anything, it’s a place where people are more dedicated to sound than looks.That said...it’s not like sound and beauty are mutually exclusive. ... | |
| The Science of Cables Douglas,Congrats. Never heard of anyone passing a blind test for AC cables. Only failures.But, the ABX was testing one leg of cabling, not the entire set. I'm not quite grokking that. Could you be a bit more detailed about how you blind/ABX-tes... | |
| The Science of Cables douglas,That's terrific! Nice to see.I'll take a look at the articles further when I have time.Where you able to discern differences between AC cables using blind testing/ABX? If so, that would be the first example I've ever seen before. | |
| The Science of Cables Hi Douglas,I hope you notice that I haven’t cast aspersions at your new "Schroeder Method." Frankly I haven’t investigated it to a degree I’d feel comfortable having offering any opinion. So I was speaking to the general idea of the types of claim... | |
| The Science of Cables @douglas_schroederI read your whole post, which seems an extension of your first paragraph:Prof, no, I am saying there appears to be no measurable, objective basis for cultivation of an analogue rig. I see that the same largely subjective assessme... | |
| The Science of Cables douglas,I'm unclear about what you mean when citing "explanations for analogue ." Especially given you've mentioned vinyl.Are you saying there is no one out there citing measurable, objective basis for why vinyl can sound different from digital s... | |
| The Science of Cables @douglas_shroederI imagine that if you would dismiss all these persons' conclusions you would say it is due to confirmation bias. FWIW...I personally don't simply dismiss your findings as confirmation bias.Not that I know either way how the percei... | |
| Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period. @rodman99999Thank you.As I said, I do find your hypothetical explanation interesting. I've heard something similar before to explain possible changes in cable performance.I'm no expert on electrical theory to say the least, so I'll have to sit bac... | |
| Thiel Owners andy2,In my personal experience, my emotional engagement with a speaker is not based on whether it's first order or not. I have several speakers using high order topologies that I find very emotionally engaging. (In fact, I was partially driven... | |
| The Science of Cables taras,Except for the fact that you contradict yourself by consciously choosing specific cables for the given system in hand ---to act as tone controls. Try looking up the fallacy "Begging The Question."Then get back to me. (Hint, you are assert... | |
| Beware of the cable claiming long burn in period. @rodman99999Conversation will prove impossible if you refuse to try to understand what is being written instead of leaping to some caricature you have in your mind. If someone just doesn’t automatically believe what you believe or doesn’t simply a... | |
| The Science of Cables erik,I sometimes use my old Eico HF-81 integrated tube amp and I quite enjoy using the tone controls. I don't go adjusting them for every recording of course as that level of fiddling would for me suck the joy out of music listening. But it's n... |