n80
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| Why Power Cables Affect Sound PT Barnum was also attributed with the saying "There's a sucker born every minute."Some say he never said it and attribute it to either one of his rivals or a famous con man. Either way, the shoe fits. | |
| Aerial 9 need a sub? Do you mean Aerial Acoustics? I have the older 7B towers. I never felt like I needed a sub but tried a large, maybe 12" B&W powered sub along with them and did not care for it.Now, my amp is 250w per channel so it has power to spare even for t... | |
| How important is it for you to attain a holographic image? I’m not clear on the nuances of sound stage vs holographic vs imaging. So based on that here is my uneducated experience in the matter:Recent live rock show, small venue, speakers all over the place. No real sound stage or holography that I could ... | |
| What unknown musical artist would you like to share with your fellow audiophiles? I think that when we talk about new or different or 'unknown' those terms are relative. Probably not many quality recorded acts that no one here will have never heard of. But there will be lots of those that not many of us have heard of.I mentione... | |
| How do you know what a good speaker is? @rbstehno Its funny how different we all are. I study car specs very closely. They actually tell you an awful lot if you are using the vehicle to its maximum potential. Not saying everyone should, but if you do then the specs are critical and you ... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @mrdecibel : "N80. I am not fond of the power cables your brother in law gave you, but here is an idea."Actually, you don't know what type of power cords I have.....because I don't know what kind of power cords I have. I presume they are OEM. Whic... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @mrdecibel "I am in no way being trollish"You questioned someone’s manhood issues in a thread about power cables. Maybe trollish was the wrong word. But there is a word for it."" The rest of us have to deal with " ? Really ? Are you kidding me ?"N... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @mrdecibel "but will continue to battle, likely because of manhood issues"Well that’s a bit trollish too wouldn’t you say? And while I certainly respect the ability of those who claim exceptional hearing and the ability to be objective through sub... | |
| How do you know what a good speaker is? @bdp24 Agree completely. I probably should not have said how the engineer/producer "intended" it to sound. As you say, I think there are many legendary engineers who do have a very specific intent but even they don’t know when, where or how we wil... | |
| PC+Dac or Streamer This is a big, complicated topic. But, a couple of minor corrections.First, you can still get new music/bands on CD. No problem at all. Now, the production value may not be any good but that is not a new risk.Second, CDs are available CHEAP. Proba... | |
| How do you know what a good speaker is? I don't see how measuring a speaker against what a live guitar or live piano sounds like is practical. Even in a live situation a mic'd acoustic guitar will sound different from an un-mic'd guitar. If we're hearing it on a speaker then that sound ... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @geoffkait said: " Nobody accused them of being stupid. I accused them of being either ignorant of high end cables"Okay." Ignorant" then. Why buy gear from ignorant manufactures who don't know that a different power cable will make their gear so... | |
| How do you know what a good speaker is? I think my speakers are good. They are largish tower speakers. They pass Tomcarr's smile test every time. And are a joy to listen to all evening long.I don't know enough to explain why they are 'good'. But the two things you notice most when you e... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound No problems at all Geoff. My power cables are awesome. I think the folks that made my gear knew what they were doing. Seems a pity that apparently many of them are in the dark about this cable thing.Now, having no credibility is a problem. But adm... | |
| Why Power Cables Affect Sound @david_ten Why would multi-thousand dollar components come without adequate power cables?n80 Good choice of word in 'adequate.' That's exactly what they are: adequate. That makes less sense than Geoff's explanation that the big buck manufactur... |