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| how to best a/b cables Generally I can hear differences in equipment in the first split second of being exposed to the sound and Bomarc is right, the ear adapts to the new sound very quickly and the brain soon regards it as normal. It therefore makes good sense to pick ... | |
| Amazing Solo Piano Recordings 24 Preludes and Fugues op 87 by Shostakovich, played by Tatiana Nikolayeva on Hyperion CDA 66441/3 | |
| Will people buy Snake Oil? Well, I also suffer from an overdose of testosterone and I ain't got none, so I smuggled some out of the lab (Schrumpelmeyer, Tsu Ming, McCraggen, Lipshitz, Finkelstein and O'Brian didn't notice) and applied a good dose of faeces bovensi to my pla... | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Trebleclef, your points are hard to refute and in terms of sociological assessment probably more than correct. Looking at it that way, it is indeed a pessimistic picture. Here in Europe, people still flock to classical concerts and to opera, how m... | |
| Will people buy Snake Oil? Dear Flex, you are quite wrong of course. Our research at UCK (reprinted in "Unscientific American" VOl.01 is.2234 in an article coauthored by Schrumpelmeyer, Tsu Ming, McCraggen, Lipshitz, Finkelstein and O'Brian ) I proved conclusively that the ... | |
| Will people buy Snake Oil? Since I have a masters and a PHD in EE from the University of Canadian Kings, I must tell you, that this is all nothing but subjectivist brabble. Obviously you have fallen prey to autosuggestion, quite common with audiophiles. According to establi... | |
| how to best a/b cables I think your dealer is right. I cannot give you the technical reasons for it, because I'm not trained that way, but my experience and the rules for this sort of experiment point in the direction, that the candidates or devices under test should me... | |
| I am considering purchasing a Helikon cartridge... I do not quite agree with Gmorris above. Through the Aesthetics IO, as well as the Jadis and through electrostatic speakers, I found that you in fact lose quite a bit of air und definition at 100 ohms. I personally settled for 47k. But you must de... | |
| Possibly moving to ITALY Will my U.S. gear work? Paolo is perfectly right about the fuses in your electronic equipment. I forgot to mention this very important detail! | |
| Possibly moving to ITALY Will my U.S. gear work? Paolo is perfectly right about the fuses in your electronic equipment. I forgot to mention this very important detail! | |
| Possibly moving to ITALY Will my U.S. gear work? Italy is 220 VAC 50 hz. Certain gear, like turntables or your motors on tape equipment might need 60 hz, with most other gear the difference in frequency will not matter. If you own high end gear, I would not buy just any step down transformers, t... | |
| I am considering purchasing a Helikon cartridge... Futtermann is right. I will sound intolerably bright in the beginning and it is 90 hours AT LEAST but you will be highly rewarded for your patience. Happy listening! | |
| Who R U? Beato tu, as they say in Italy, Doug, which can mean sort of lucky, happy, blessed you! Cheers, Detlof | |
| How does one get off the merry-go-round? Tubegroover, if your only regret is the cost, then actually you belong to the more lucky ones. If you can afford it, why not spend it. Life is too short, to castigate yourself, unless you are of fundamentalist disposition, where your rewards will ... | |
| Who R U? Grandpad, the thread you suggest, in fact exists. I myself live overseas, by the beautiful lake of Zurich, in Switzerland, in the heart of Europe. Regards, Detlof |