barnettk

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Skeptic or just plain hard headed
Well you have to listen for something. The bottom line is the second half of the recording sounds better. It’s really just that simple. I’m the general listening test where no criteria was set the second half of the recording sounded better to eve... 
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@elizabeth  Thanks. Yep thats what I meant :) @geoffkait Yep you know it. I know its kind of a crude test but its actually pretty easy to tell the difference in this particular situation. Anyway. Im getting the stick eye being on this laptop lol. ... 
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Oh by the way the blind reel to reel test I randomly moved the tape to and from both sides of the tape without him knowing which half he was listening to. Just in case you were wondering. We did this for 6 different cycles.  
Skeptic or just plain hard headed
Tape test results:1. Everyone that listened to the recording I made agree that the second half of the tape (post burn in)  definitely sounds better than the first half (pre burn in). To me it was not even close, and to not repeat everything I said... 
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@prof  "Im sure I missed some previous details.What “recording?”   It sounds like you used a cassette deck to record a music signal from....a DAC?  Turntable?"yea so to do an A/B comparison between the pre burned in cable and the post burn in cabl... 
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@mrdecibel  " You already observed the break in process. Or, were you imagining it the whole time. "Ha. No I was not imaging it, and yes they got me :) I am basically doing a more thorough listening test. "Prof" made some pretty compelling points ... 
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@prof  Ok the gangs all here. We are about to begin. First up is the A/B on the recording I made to compare pre/post burn in of the MA cable to itself. Going to do this a little different this time. 1. Everyone will listen to the recording. Simply... 
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@geoffkait  "It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken."LMBOFFF... dude where do you get some of these sayings?? lol" I think Morrow should be congratulated for being up front about cable burn in"I agree that they are up front about what to ex... 
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@stevecham Oh your comment was about the CDs. My bad. sorry. 
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@stevecham  "Obviously, it's the quality of those zeros and ones that make all the difference."yep your right. I can only do what I can with what I have. That will be good enough for me. Hey man im not trying to get the Nobel peace prize here :) .... 
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@prof  "And if asked I detail the method of evaluation for inspection. Someone else should be wary of just accepting my results - I could be fibbing, or exaggerating, or I could have honestly screwed up somewhere in the method. That’s why replicab... 
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Geoff and Prof, Let me re-phrase. it will put it to rest for me for the moment at least. I realize that this is just the tip of the iceberg in regards to this topic. I am trying to keep in mind the objective. So for "if burn in actually improves a... 
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@prof Today is the day. Maybe we can finally put this to rest. 
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@boxer12 “I've been using the green magic marker on the outer edge of cd's since the 90's. It's a worthwhile sound quality tweek.”👍🏼 
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@elizabeth  "Sadly I am on the laptop way too much and I notice it really cuts the depth of listening"let the Church say Amen