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| Audio Shows and Equipment BreakIn Maybe it's because the manufacturer knows how much of a difference break-in really makes in his product. | |
| The Future of Recorded Music The question isn't whether they hear it--it's whether they care. I've yet to meet anybody who listens to MP3s, but thinks they're inadequate (actual audiophiles excepted, of course). | |
| The Future of Recorded Music Just because I'm an Apple customer doesn't mean I see everything Apple's way. (MS software is the bane of my existence, however.) And I certainly agree that free is cheaper than $.99. I don't think the Apple model itself will stop the theft. It ma... | |
| New to the 2 channel where to start?? No one wants to spend too much, but everybody's definition is different. Actually, there are 3 questions to start with:1) How much do you want to spend?2) How much do you want the system to do (CDs, SACDs, DVD-As, LPs, radio, etc.)?3) What's the r... | |
| The Future of Recorded Music A few more details: Full albums will apparently go for $9.99, a definite discount over current retail. And Apple does plan to open this to the Windows world by the end of the year. Also, the majors seem ready to put much of their catalog up once t... | |
| The truth about interconnects - can you handle it? Sean: The question isn't, can cables sound different? Of course they can, and I know of no one who would argue otherwise. The question is, when they do sound different, can we explain why? And the answer is, yes we can. Now, it might turn out that... | |
| The truth about interconnects - can you handle it? Twl: I suggest you stop railing about science until you make some effort to understand what it is. You've crammed more misinformation into one paragraph than I've seen in a long time. Just because you are uninformed about the current scientific un... | |
| High End Myth Glossary. You're a brave man, M. I'd add the overarching one, that explains why all the other myths persist:19. Believing that every difference you hear has a physical cause, rather than a psychological one. | |
| silly HT front/rear matching question? Well, jeez, Marie, of course they want you to buy the better ones. They're trying to get as much of your money as they can. Why is it that, when it comes to audio, normally sensible people miss the bleeding obvious? | |
| silly HT front/rear matching question? So what's your silly question? This is a sensible one.Surrounds that are too different in sound from the main speakers will sound out-of-place (and, in particular, stand out more than surrounds ought to). There's a tendency among manufacturers to ... | |
| What's up with the analog "echo" phenomenon? Bob: "Tails out" isn't the important thing. The important thing is that you don't want to store tapes that have just been wound/rewound at high speed.They would be packed tighter than a tape played at normal speed, and would therefore be more pron... | |
| The truth about interconnects - can you handle it? Dandr: For more info on good listening tests, check out:http://www.pcavtech.com/abxandhttp://www.pcabx.com | |
| Placement,Treatments,Extreme Science Experiments ? Squid: One of the most important factors in what we hear is the shape of our outer ears (and, no surprise, everyone is different). Your experiments are, in effect, altering that shape. You are not suddenly "hearing more from your system." You are ... | |
| The truth about interconnects - can you handle it? Dandr: Unfortunately for audio comparisons, our brains are wired to synthesize information from all our senses, rather than to isolate information from a single sense. So if you're just comparing two cables blind, your brain is already telling you... | |
| The truth about interconnects - can you handle it? Dandreescu: The problem with your approach, if I understand it, is that you won't be avoiding the placebo effect. You'll be listening to two cables that you know are different, even if you don't know which is which. So if they sound different, it ... |