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| Science that explains why we hear differences in cables? If a speaker cable makes a difference to the sound, and I believe it can, then that means the driver is moving differently when fed the same signal from the amplifier, so the sound waves are different when they reach the listener's ear. If the sou... | |
| Who are the Stand Up Guy's and Gals in this Audio Industry? I don't know who I talked to at Grado but they got me fixed up right away, replacing a broken part on my headphones - no charge. | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope As for speakers that measure the same sounding the same, I believe they do. I have a left and right pair that measure the same and sound the same to me. To measure the same, the different speaker's polar plots have to be the same. Unless they have... | |
| Why are there no tube televisions anymore? Tube TVs like tube amps, 35mm film, and vinyl are objectively inferior to modern replacements. However, all of them provided excellent quality and remain perfectly enjoyable today. My mother still has a Panasonic 20" TV I bought back in the 1990s ... | |
| Putting an end to the audio cable debate! Part 1 I wonder what Tim Mrock's cables did to the sound to make it so obvious to anyone with good hearing? Did it add something good or did it remove something bad? | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope @guakus Perception of sound is more than just detecting that there is a sound. It's all the qualities we perceive in that sound, including our perception of it being good. If perceiving good sound isn't the goal for your stereo system that's fine.... | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope It’s all about perception. If a cable consistently creates a perception in your mind of better sound quality in your listening situation, who cares why? Did it really change the sound? Who cares! If the perception is consistent for you and you lik... | |
| Is bass the most important frequency band? But to answer your question, that would be a flat response measurement, as close as one can… I agree with flat response, but also think group delay, and appropriately fast decay times are important, along with adequately low noise and distorti... | |
| Is bass the most important frequency band? Yes, you can measure bass. In order to get good bass a measurement microphone and something like REW helps a lot. I use REW with a calibrated microphone. The question wasn't meant to be if we could measure bass, but if we could measure the goo... | |
| Is bass the most important frequency band? What makes for good sounding bass? Can we measure that? | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics Some are claiming that after you move a cable it takes some time for it to settle back in and sound good again. Someone pointed out that this is a bit of a problem for headphone listeners. I propose that cables sound best when they are in constant... | |
| Critical listening and altered states I tried salvia once while listening to Music for the Native Americans with Robbie Robinson. Once the salvia kicked in I lost all track of reality including the music that was playing. I don't like salvia. I don't like pot or alcohol either. It's n... | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope @asctimYour question is missing context. You must have all pertinent cables attached for your sound system and source in order to produce the music you want to play.For example, if you changed the cables on your CD player, but are playing music ... | |
| Learning to Listen: Neurological Evidence MC,Jennifer Warnes 'Famous Blue Raincoat" and "The Well" both sounds lucious and liquid on my rig. Know this cuzz I have both serial numbered box sets.Maybe your system??? I hear the difference on my speakers. Harder to notice it on my headpho... | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope Is it important to know which cable is in use in order to perceive the difference? |