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| The cool factor- who has it? Noticing the frequency of the usage of "cool" nowadays, it is apparent that darn near anything can be called "cool." In second place - "awesome." | |
| Cardas Clear vs Audioquest Thunderbird SPKR+INT CONN for Pass Labs system with Cornwall IV I believe you | |
| Cryogenic Treatment of Tubes, and why you should not. Machine Tool Cryogenic Treatment This doesn’t prove anything about audio tubes, but I wouldn’t argue with the proven physics demonstrated in these other applications (above link) I can certainly see why the more adventurous tube dealers would ex... | |
| Cryogenic Treatment of Tubes, and why you should not. I have received cryo'd tubes that had 2 out of 6 cracked in shipment even though they had been wrapped in foam. My impression was that the metal/glass interface may be the weak point. | |
| Cardas Clear vs Audioquest Thunderbird SPKR+INT CONN for Pass Labs system with Cornwall IV It's a thing. The Japanese have always especially liked it in tube amp setups though not necessarily in that gauge. My wires were salvaged from an old telephone transfer station. I have used Audioquest speaker cables (Rocket 33 and 44.) They were... | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries What's really called for is that citizens of the world unite in the cause of affecting music's DNA. That's what is actually behind the appearance of any truly new music. It happens in waves. It may be about to happen once again. | |
| Cardas Clear vs Audioquest Thunderbird SPKR+INT CONN for Pass Labs system with Cornwall IV My Cornwall 4's very much like vintage "General Electric" 10 ga. cloth covered wires (36 strand tinned copper.) These can be found on Ebay and such. Of course, you have to attach connectors. Jay's Audio CDT3 Mk3 Transport Holo May KTE DAC Prima... | |
| Let's talk music, no genre boundaries In music, as you develop a theme or musical idea, there are many points at which directions must be decided, and at any time I was in the throes of debate with myself, harmonically or melodically, I would turn to Billy Strayhorn. We would talk, an... | |
| use of ChatGPT for HIFI We knew you were a robot but decided not to tell you because robots have feelings too. | |
| Leave it on? I always keep my knives sheathed. Dangerous as they are I just can't bring myself to get rid of them. Know what I mean? | |
| What is your audio axiom? Waste not, want everything. | |
| Happiness is... I love the Japanese, but it may have been all those high dollar Toto's that put the nation into an intractable financial position since forever ago. | |
| Happiness is... Well, Uncle Wilbur "uncle" is a sinecure that requires no obligations. Uncles are supposed to be vaguely hanging out at the periphery of things and being inscrutable. That's how mine were. When they passed on everybody just sort of looked at each ... | |
| Happiness is... I just love this thread. Likening musicophilia to heart trouble is a very felicitous and amusing metaphor. | |
| What exactly is critical listening? Who does it? When the motor is purring, nothing else much matters. People quit talking and just listen. |