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| What are we objectivists missing? @artemus_5 It's true, the equipment can go wrong sometimes. When it comes to keeping the plane upright without visual access to the horizon the human will go wrong every time. We just can't do it at all. Even birds can't do it. I'm with you tho... | |
| Is this a scam? The business I used to work for ran in to this sort of thing all the time. Any payment method that is not perfectly normal is almost certainly a scam. Any shipping pickup that they arrange must absolutely have full payment before pickup. | |
| What are we objectivists missing? @artemus_5 SCIENTISM IS NOT SCIENCE. you are full of contradictions. On one hand you distrust the senses. Yet you trust the science and the scientific machinery that was developed and brought forth by man’s human senses So do you trust your s... | |
| Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive? I think there are all kinds of people who buy ultra expensive audio gear. Some of them can easily afford anything. Others expend very significant amounts of their finances on that equipment and make sacrifices in other parts of their lives. I'd gu... | |
| Horn speakers are really bright? It's hard for me to say because I get notably different impressions of the sound as you move the microphone small amounts. The very beginning audience clapping sounds very different, I'll say that. | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? If height information is encoded in a recording I’ve found it doesn’t take much of a system at all for it to be perceived. Pretty much any basic system will make it work. Height perception should even work in mono. I’ve found it also easy to get s... | |
| Horn speakers are really bright? Comparing the sound of your recordings to the direct file of the same music on headphones I get the impression of a lack of vocal presence, too much bass and highs. In my own experience I've found this can sound very nice on some music and especia... | |
| Soundstage and image height, does it exist? My understanding of human sound perception of height is that it occurs mostly in the pinnae, causing the tonal relations and phase relations to change at the eardrum. There are no timing or level differences that can give us height information so ... | |
| Why Is Hi Fi Gear So Darn Expensive? As someone who has made their own speakers and has worked for small companies that make things, I can see the where the cost comes from in a lot of high end products. The materials they work with, the complexity of design, and the level of finish ... | |
| What's the heaviest speaker you've ever owned? What's the tallest? My current speakers are the biggest and heaviest I've ever owned. They're 91" tall, and I forget the combined weight of each speaker stack but I believe it's around 600 pounds. These are modular stacks of mostly bass horn rather than solid monolit... | |
| Cable curmudgeon My system, being what it is, is very adequately served by inexpensive cables. A big issue for me has been bad connections between components and cables. As long as the contacts are all good I get the sound I want for cheap! My latest upgrade was c... | |
| How does cable construction affect sonic character? @chayro Interesting read. The part about different recording studios sounding different, even when they use the same microphones in the same hall, really resonates with me. In my youth, my classical CD collection was organized primarily by label... | |
| What is this term 'analytical' ? There are a lot of good answers on here that match my idea of analytical sound. Specifically too much highs at the expense of midrange tonality, and a lack of sense of musical rhythm and pace. The rhythm and pace part may have something to do with... | |
| Is This the Essence of "The Audiophile Dilemma? My dilemma was solved when I realized that I cannot always be carried away in bliss by music, no matter how good the sound quality is. | |
| Is This the Essence of "The Audiophile Dilemma? @denverfred 😂 |