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My Goodness!
@tablejocky There you go.  
My Goodness!
@carlsbad2  "So you think you can listen to a youtube recording of a random system on your system and know what the random system sounds like?" I should have been clearer. Wasn't listening through my stereo system. Was listening through very mid... 
Aftermarket fuse to tame a bright system?
It took me a while to realize that over damping a room with bass baffles and traps can sometimes boost treble. Duh!  
My Goodness!
@pindac  "I am comfortable with the claim I have heard the AN Youtube Demo' bettered with equipment costing a fraction of their prices." So then you are avowing that systems can be auditioned successfully via Youtube?  
My Goodness!
Of course, the elephant in the room here, literally, is that ear to ear encounters with systems at trade shows can be equally fuzzy as can be demos in dealer store rooms. It’s a wild and rocky world out there. Somehow, we manage to figure it all o... 
Humour
"Short Fuse" brand audiophile fuses. "Guaranteed to make you stomp your feet and curse."   
My Goodness!
It's more like praising with faint praise.  
Humour
"Strong-Arm" brand tone arms - "You'll like them whether you want to or not."  
No discussion about the Synergistic Pink fuse?
As with so-called "climate science," these days a "model" is nothing more than a model. They are never anything more than a theory competing with other theories. Come on in - the water is fine.  
The Psychology Of Collecting
Mr. Whipple  
AI-Written Stereophile Articles
A high school friend of mine who went to Harvard and eventually became head of the Clemson psychology department once told me that grade inflation was in his mind much more serious than economic inflation.  
My Goodness!
I am fully aware of what Youtube compression does to sound demos. One has to be comparative. I was just extrapolating that if the Audio Note system could sound that good relative to other Youtube fare, then it was probably a very good system. That... 
The (never ending) Quest For “More”
@nonoise  That made my dinner.  
If A.I. took the place of musicians, would you listen to it?
The Spectrum This Reddit conversation amusingly suggests some music conversations/arguments we have all heard before or become embroiled in, and it also reflects on the topic of "AI" in an oblique way.  
The (never ending) Quest For “More”
It's a global village, and we all know how village life can be.