albertporter
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| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Audioengr, since you singled out the following quote that I gave credit as POSSIBLY being part of the explanation of why cables sound different. "Shielding the cables as they near this big rack of electronics may make all the difference. Perhaps t... | |
| Why Expensive power Cables when Romex behind Wall? Bwhite's comments may be describing some of the differences I hear with premium power cables. Nikkidanjo may be onto something where he describes cable shielding:"Shielding the cables as they near this big rack of electronics may make all the diff... | |
| Ever wonder why things are screwed up? Is that post from REL a SUB topic? | |
| Want help before I open the box... Jvia Herman ? | |
| Describe The Listening Room of Your Dreams... Your room should remain just as you describe it Cwlondon. I would like to come for a visit. Please use some magic and have Audrey Hepburn there with you, just as she was in 1964.Play the LP of the original movie sound track ( rather than the theat... | |
| I wanna hear some "audio" jokes...and OK, I'm out of audio jokes so here are some really bad puns.1 . Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger."2. Two boll weev... | |
| I wanna hear some "audio" jokes...and The symphony orchestra was performing Beethoven's Ninth. In the piece, there's a long passage, about 20 minutes, during which the bass violinists have nothing to do. Rather than sit around that whole time looking stupid, some bassists decided to s... | |
| I wanna hear some "audio" jokes...and I don't usually pass on sad news like this, but sometimes we need to pause and remember what life is all about. There was a great loss recently. Larry LaPrise, the Detroit native who wrote the song "Hokey Pokey", died at the age of 83.It was extre... | |
| I wanna hear some "audio" jokes...and A bass player was, as always, broke. Wishing for a cheap vacation, he saw an enticing ad in the travel section of the Sunday New York Times:"Mississippi Riverboat Cruises! Four relaxing days, three nights on the Big Muddy. Special fare for bass pl... | |
| Great Spooky &/or Melancholic Soundtrack/Classical The movie sound track "Gladiator" is terrific. The mysterious voice is Lisa Gerrard. If you love it, there is a nice collection by the group "Dead Can Dance" on the 4AD label. This represents her earlier work and all of it is absolutely wonderful.... | |
| Trying to Enter the "HiFi" Bizz Great post TWL. Your advice is pretty much the key to successful marketing of all kinds of goods. I can think of a few audio manufacturers that have faltered, due to wandering too far away from their core ideas.I think it is also advisable to assu... | |
| Where does your user name come from? No highway '61 revisited? | |
| Please Give Me an Audiogon World Salon.com was pretty good a few years ago but was changed to a pay site, so I no longer visit them. No audio site I know of can equal Audiogon. Audio Asylum is so confusing that I've visited maybe a dozen times in the last three years. I literally... | |
| Where does your user name come from? My parents picked my name when I was born and I just kept using it. | |
| Have You Ever Put Your Golden Ears to the Test?? All this discussion reminds me of a situation that occurred at a conference in Chicago. There was a group of chess enthusiasts who were checked into my hotel and were all standing around in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. A... |