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| You're not a true audiophile unless... "Audiophile" is now similar to terms such as "conservative" or "liberal." it means so many different things to so many different people that it has become a throwaway expression. "throwaway" 2 of 3 noun 1 : one that is or is designe... | |
| Mary Martin Died Wow, this thread almost went in the ditch for no good reason. LOL | |
| Useless Things I believe Edison's point was that failure is often a valuable lesson. | |
| The (never ending) Quest For “More” @stuartk Yeah, I thought you were virtue signalling a bit there, and there was a hint of this: people with enough money to upgrade have let this take over their ability to just focus on the music. That is snarky indeed. . | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? The Most Beautiful Birdsong This music was created by an ancient kind of AI called Punctuated Evolution "In contrast to the expectation of gradual change through cultural or genetic drift over time, the results instead demonstrate that plastic t... | |
| Humour Oh, that's cold. | |
| The (never ending) Quest For “More” Some of us are first and foremost music lovers who do have funds to devote to the hobby. Our sincerest apologies. | |
| AI-Written Stereophile Articles Hey, is AI masquerading as @asvjerry? | |
| If Steely Dan had a different vocalist Steely Dan and The Beatles advanced the notion that immaculate studio work could make very exultant music. | |
| Is There Some Problem With Shunyata's Everest Power Conditioner In my experience, Shunyata conditioners require a loooong burn-in. I am using some ancient Hydra 4's which definitely have their uses, but I have heard new conditioners that sound like they need more burn-in. | |
| You're not a true audiophile unless... For me it has become an education in acoustics. My wife also tells me that since taking up the "task" my 71 year old hearing has become much more acute and discriminating. I am hearing things in the immediate environment that I didn't used to, an... | |
| If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it? Rather than various Turing tests a more distinctive test might be to ascertain whether the AI entity involved can demonstrate psi abilities such as remote viewing which does not rely on statistical analysis to get "hits." True it does rely on phys... | |
| Aftermarket fuse to tame a bright system? Silver in cable has its problems I will admit. Kind of reminds me of what you hear said about the often way too bright and analytical Telefunken tubes - that they were tuned for much earlier tube gear that had that syrupy sound. | |
| Humour A CD transport and a streaming server were having an argument over which of them was better. It was getting very heated until finally the server said to the transport, "Whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!" | |
| Aftermarket fuse to tame a bright system? Real Snake Oil The double doubters may need to come up with a less ill-informed expression. |