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| Any Mark Knopfler fans out there? Oh, it stuck. He wasn’t just dabbling. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. | |
| Any Mark Knopfler fans out there? Apparently Knopfler got bamboozled into playing on that album. He wasn’t aware of Dylan’s religious conversion until after he arrived from England at the recording session, but when he was told about the themes of the album he figured aw, what the... | |
| Make Audiogon Great Ahem! Taters?! Ruskie infiltrator?! | |
| recommendation for speaker wire to soften the highs if possible Goertz cables were one of the first to recognize the importance of wire directionality. I had Goertz interconnects many eons ago.And you’re right. Cables are filters not gafilte fish. 🐠 | |
| recommendation for speaker wire to soften the highs if possible Cables can lack bass, exhibit midrange suckout and/or lack sparkle and air and/or other frequency related anomalies. I attribute that to cables affecting the frequency response. I readily admit I haven’t checked cables with an oscilloscope. Is tha... | |
| ... what is Settling Time in cables and interconnects... Obviously when you’re not an audiophile this sort of thing doesn’t matter. Thanks for the reminder, glubson. | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? Give me a T. Give me an R. Give me an.... | |
| Beware of new material claims - the case of graphene See my post of 10-22 for some large Graphene production plant locations. Emphasis on the word some. Ptss, you might try keeping up with the discussion. | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today I’ll go out on a limb and say they’re not equivalent. | |
| Treated my interconnects with Deoxit D5 today You were fortunate. | |
| Speaker vibration isolation I would image dipoles do not produce much downward force compared with box speakers, thus reducing or maybe eliminating feedback problems. Whether dipoles benefit from isolation themselves, color me skeptical. | |
| ... what is Settling Time in cables and interconnects... Innocent question. What were you doing for 30 years? | |
| Tonearms: Ripoff? You think that’s a rip off? Wait’ll you take a gander 👀 at cartridge prices. Things are tough all over. | |
| Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat No problemo. It’s like applying the stuff to tube pins ... It’s not for everyone. There is some risk of shorting. On the other hand, no goats, no glory. 🐐 🐐 Helpful hint to anyone trying it, don’t load up on coffee prior to. 😬 | |
| Perfect Path Technologies: Omega E mat The teeny tiny little brush on the applicator works for me. But it depends on what the connector looks like as to whether there’s any risk. For Audioquest Carbon HDMI connector there is no risk of creating a short inside the connector. A tooth pic... |