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"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"
Sound In Outer Space We take it for granted that sound is everywhere, but it's not. In most of the universal vacuum there is only an ultra-low frequency hum in some gas and dust clouds. All other sounds are non-existent, and even that hum is not ... 
Robert Plant
Zarhoff on Plant This is my favorite of opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff's analyses - in this case of Plant's "Since I've Been Loving You" during the 1973 Madison Square Garden performance when they were at the pinnacle.  
What use to burn in power cords?
And yet no one does more "burn in" than the wags on this forum who endlessly post rebuttals and fulminations about the follies of burn-in. I fear their "dynamics" will suffer irreparably if they cannot get their weekly burn-in.  
Speaker Spikes - Working Principle
How many angels can dance on the head of a spike?  
"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"
Bull Roarer    
"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"
A very big mystery is how some people can get so worked up about it.  
"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"
"As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn't let me go on any more. Whatever success I had was through the help of ... 
"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"
"I feel like there are messages. I feel like there are angels. I feel that there is a legacy and an energy. And I feel that it's possible to tap into that." John Zorn  
Tweak Pink Himalayan Salt Lamps.
I am going to crush some pink himalayan salt crystals into something much finer than a lamp, place the salt in a kerchief, roughly form it into a tube and wrap said tube around my vintage 10 gauge Western Electric speaker wires about 3-4 inches fr... 
"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"
"Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it." J. Robert Oppenheimer   "My music is the spiritual expression of what I am - my faith, my knowledge, my being." John Coltrane  
"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"
Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend. Ludwig van Beethoven Or to put it another way - everyone both fears and longs for the levee to break. Brea... 
Tweak Pink Himalayan Salt Lamps.
Triple AC Evolution I have no interest in the "Akiko Triple AC Evolution" which employs what some forum members would characterize as "fairy dust," but I do find the 6Moons reviewer Srajen Ebaen's more laid back attitude to assessing such devices... 
"The Mystery Of Sound Is Mysticism"
Understanding the mechanics of sound is not necessarily the same as understanding sound's effects on the spirit of living beings. The audiophile journey for me has been all about that, and I have been very grateful for what has unfolded.  
Tweak Pink Himalayan Salt Lamps.
Caelin Gabriel's early patent: Shunyata's Early Patent  
What say you?
And yet had it been a Mercedes in his driveway no one would be wringing their hands and rending their garments.