The science of opinion ...

atdavid ...

Last night I dug deep into the record vault and pulled out a real gem. It was an album recorded in 1956 on the Pacific Jazz label. The artists were Bud Shank on alto and flute, the great Claude Williamson on piano, Chuck Flores on drums and Don Prell on bass.

The album? "The Bud Shank Quartet.

Bud Shank and Claude Williamson were long-time regulars at the Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa Beach, California during the 1950s. On their many albums, you will find some of the best West Coast jazz ever recorded.  Pacific Jazz and Contemporary recorded some of the best sound ever.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BUD-SHANK-THE-BUD-SHANK-QUARTET-PACIFIC-JAZZPJ-1215-MONO-ORIGINAL-DG-RECORDS/322007743005?hash=item4af9283a1d:g:LGsAAOSwUuFWv4nf

Here's a wonderful Lighthouse Allstar album. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/HOWARD-RUMSEY-LIGHTHOUSE-ALL-STARS-Music-For-Lighthousekeeping-PROMO-Demo-Copy/223713228343?hash=item341658f637:g:yqQAAOSw19db~Keq

Happy listening ...

Frank

Honesty to the point of being offensive, no. Honesty with tact, yes. Huge difference between the two.

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• "These morons never question those either (mostly due to their Master, The Dr. Ethan Winer)."

Perfectly said. Thank you ...

Frank

atdavid ...

The Gate truly made a night and day difference. And yes, the Sound Application power conditioner made a significant difference too, especially after I took it apart and treated the interior, including the underside of the lid with PPT's Total Contact.

The loom of cables I'm presently using are the Bee's Knees too.

With all of that said, The Gate allows all of the gear that comes after the wall socket to really show their mettle. The Gate purifies the AC coming into the system.

It is rather astounding how much grunge comes through those lines. When the grunge is gone, then one can really hear what the rest of the gear is really capable of.

 In a much earlier post, I made the comment that after installing The Gate that I knew the ARC REF-75se was a good amp ... but THAT good? I also made a comment about the brilliance of the design of the ARC electronics. I really didn't fully appreciate that before installing The Gate.

So, you've missed the point entirely. The tweaks made before The Gate was installed made significant improvements on their own, and I reported on that. After The Gate was installed, it was like putting all of the previous tweaks, cables, electronics on steroids. 

Comprendo? 

Frank

Whatever you do, NEVER recommend Synergistic Research’s "HFTs" as a viable room treatment in any forum where Ethan Winer participates. If you do, you will be faced with the wrath of the Guru of Acoustic Science, Winer himself.
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• "I feel that many on this forum are too scared to read scientific articles. They are not the safe space they are looking for."

"Scared?" Really? How about just not interested? I’d rather poke an icepick in my ear than to read some of that scientific psychobabble.

Wanna talk about music sometimes? How about single malt Scotch, or motorcycle racing? or cycling?, or surfing? or fishing, or the 2020 Corvette, or the grandkids ... or just about putting a mono LP recorded in the early 50s on a turntable, playing it through a great audio system, and just being astounded by how great it sounds?

And by the way ... the comments above are not intended to be an "attack," or even "criticism" in any way. 
Frank

thyname ... 

Same thing with me ... most likely on the same forum you mentioned. I simply recommended SR's HFTs to another member as a simple, effective method of room treatments. You would have thought I unleashed the wrath of Satan himself. The man went completely berserk, and his personal attacks upon me were absolutely disgusting.

Frank

glupson ...

I'm not at all denying that readers of scientific psychobabble aren't necessary. I believe quite the opposite, as a matter of fact. If it weren't for these guys, we wouldn't have trains that run on time, planes flying near the speed of sound at 35,000 feet taking us across the country in under five hours. We wouldn't have satellites, cell phones, big-screen TVs or traffic control without them. My point is ... I couldn't care less HOW these things work, only that they do. I certainly don't want to read white papers on the technicalities, or minutia until my eyeballs glaze over either. I'd rather have a bird fly up my nose. :-)

Now then, back to the record vault. 

Frank

Where are the smiley faces when you need them?

^^^ But then there would be mostly blank pages.