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| Who Here Makes Their Own Power Cables? There’s no financial advantage to making your own power cord if you would have bought an inexpensive commercial power cord. The advantage is not so clear if you would have bought an expensive power cord, however. There are many things to consider ... | |
| Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday! A little friendly advice. Throw away all six of those Blonde on Blonde and just buy one, the Japanese DSD SACD Fat Digipack. Thank me now or thank me later. | |
| MQA is Legit! PLACEBO DOMINGO! | |
| My Long List of Amplifiers and My Personal Review of Each! I’m starting to get a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. 😛 | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? orpheus105,917 posts01-21-2019 12:29pmI’m simply going to think "Styrofoam" for the time being and go from there. Thicker styrofoam covered in speaker cloth with a frame could be made attractive. >>>>>>Styrofoam, the audiophile’s... | |
| Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday! Correct me if I’m wrong but didn’t you just answer your own question? | |
| BUSTED: UK company is raided for fake vinyl production 5%? Well, la dee freaking da! | |
| GaN-based Class D power amps Ripper: Mandrake. Mandrake, have you never wondered why I drink only distilled water, or rain water, and only pure-grain alcohol?Mandrake: Well, it did occur to me, Jack, yes.Ripper: Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation. Fluoridation... | |
| Does a cheap cd transport create poor digital copies? I am referring to plain ordinary CD copies, no fancy editing or upsampling or whatever. | |
| BUSTED: UK company is raided for fake vinyl production One wonders how they were able to fake overly aggressive dynamic range compression. 🤔 | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound I actually find the argument that the pet dog perked its ears up and cocked its head a more credible argument than the ones involving the wife hearing the difference from the kitchen or yoga studio. In any case, it’s well known audiophiles can’t h... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Obviously, the simplest solution is to keep power cords away from cables. Problem solved!Of course, the real question is, is shielding on power cords per se bad for the sound, all things being equal? Apparently, shielding can affect the Sound when... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound Mr. Smarty Pants, shielding on power cords doesn’t actually do anything when the rf is coming in on the conductor along with the current. Hel-loo!The primary psychological phenomenon appears to be that naysayers have psyched themselves out. | |
| Where is great audio going? - Headphones and Mid-Cost I don’t think downsizing is necessarily a compromise in sound quality. Quite the contrary. There are many obvious and maybe not so obvious advantages going to a small system, especially a small portable battery powered system as I have. Going to a... | |
| Does a cheap cd transport create poor digital copies? Hey, anyone know why CD copies can sometimes sound better than the original or is that an old wives tale? |