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What Does Holographic Sound Like?

And how do you get there? This is an interesting question. I have finally arrived at a very satisfying level of holography in my system. But it has taken a lot of time, effort and money to get there. I wish there had been a faster, easier and less expensive way to get there. But I never found one.

Can you get to a high level of holography in your system with one pair of interconnects and one pair of speaker wires? I don't believe so. I run cables in series. I never found one pair of interconnects and speaker wires that would achieve what has taken a heck of a lot of wires and "tweaks" to achieve. Let alone all the power cords that I run in series. Although I have found one special cable that has enabled the system to reach a very high level of holography -- HiDiamond -- I still need to run cables in series for the sound to be at its holographic best.

There are many levels of holography. Each level is built incrementally with the addition of one more wire and one more "tweak". I have a lot of wires and "tweaks" in my system. Each cable and each "tweak" has added another level to the holography. Just when I thought things could not get any better -- which has happened many times -- the addition of one more cable or "tweak" enabled the system to reach a higher level yet.

Will one "loom" do the job. I never found that special "loom". To achieve the best effects I have combined cables from Synergistic Research, Bybee, ASI Liveline, Cardas, Supra and HiDiamond -- with "tweaks" too numerous to mention but featuring Bybee products and a variety of other products, many of which have the word "quantum" in their description.

The effort to arrive at this point with my system has been two-fold. Firstly, finding the right cables and "tweaks" for the system. Secondly, finding where to place them in the system for the best effects -- a process of trial and error. A lot of cables and "tweaks" had to be sold off in the process. I put "tweaks" in quotation marks because the best "tweaks" in my system have had as profound effect as the components on the sound. The same for the best of the cables, as well. For me, cables and "tweaks" are components.

Have I finally "arrived"? I have just about arrived at the best level that I can expect within my budget -- there are a couple of items on the way. In any case, I assume there are many levels beyond what my system has arrived at. But since I'll never get there I am sitting back and enjoying the music in the blissful recognition that I don't know what I am missing.

I should mention that there are many elements that are as important as holography for the sound to be satisfying, IMO. They include detail, transparency, coherence, tonality, and dynamics, among others. My system has all of these elements in good measure.

Have you had success with holographic sound in your system? If so, how did you get there?
sabai
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geoffkait
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Mapman wrote,

"Seriously though, the Mars rover sent back pics recently of what appear to be sedimentary rocks formed by liquid flow (likely water) on the surface of Mars. Now that really is big in terms of increasing probability of life on Mars in the past and outside of earth in general! Can't wait to learn what is discovered there next....."

I don't see what all the excitement is about. I'm serious. Water on Mars, no water on Mars, what's the difference? Hard to get excited about the space program, if you ask me. But it did have its moments, I'll give it that much. Audio is much more fun anyway. AND way more mysterious than a bunch of rocks. lol
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mapman
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"I don't see what all the excitement is about."

Here's what it is about.

1) Mars appears to have once had water flowing on it like earth
2) Water means chance that life existed on Mars once. Finding fossils in the sedimentary rocks would help confirm that.
3) If there was life on Mars once and had technology like ours, they could have visited Earth like we are visiting Mars now
4) If they visited Earth, its possible some life on earth originated on Mars
5) If the evolution of Mars is similar to Earth's, then Earth may be on its way to resembling Mars some day. What will become of us?

I think that is all fascinating at a minimum.

I doubt the sound of my stereo will be impacted in the short term though.
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geoffkait
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Mapman, take a deep breath. People have been getting all worked up about the possibility of life on Mars for, what, 200 years? Not very much different than speculating about UFOs and the possibility of life on other worlds. For the most part it's the stuff dreams and science fiction (e.g., the recent movie Prometheus) are made of. Not that's there's anything wrong with dreams, or science fiction, or wondering where we came from or What it All Means. By most accounts, including NASA, Mars is simply too small to have much of an atmosphere of any kind, and the one it does have is primarily carbon dioxide. Mars has much more in common with our Moon than Earth. Not a very promising scenario IMO for supporting life other than perhaps bacteria.
learsfool
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FWIW, Bryon, I agree wholeheartedly with your last post. Some of the stuff that is frequently posted here and in many other places is just plain crazy. Hope this comment doesn't get deleted, but it seems to me that the Audio Asylum does a better job of simply banning those type of folks that are just insulting and contribute nothing useful.
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geoffkait
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Learsfool, I was wondering if you could answer a question for me. As a professional musician (French horn) in a major orchestra, do you think that sitting in the orchestra in close proximity to all of the other musicians night after night in any way damages your hearing? The reason I ask is I once visited another professional musician in a major orchestra (oboe) who happened to have one of the worst sounding systems I ever had the misfortune to hear. Thanks in advance.
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