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Building a 100 album vinyl collection 3 must have albums are?
Grand Hotel - Procol Harem Waiting for Columbus - Little Feat Third choice is really hard, so have to list a few Will the Circle be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Heavy Weather - Weather Report Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter - Joni Mitchell ... 
Investigating if ultrasound is harming LPs
I think you are pushing the accuracy of the scale and the amount of change beyond a reasonable level. The ambient temperature, relative humidity, and atmospheric pressure will all be an affect at the precision you are attempting. They should all b... 
I have found out why new cables and tweaks actually work!
Empathy! If you have a poor relationship with anything (car, machine, electronics, speakers, amps, cables, etc.); that item will perform more poorly for you. Cleaning you equipment shows you respect and like it, so of course it will perform bett... 
Why are there so many wooden box speakers out there?
Have read the referenced study and have a few comments. The study references both diffraction and sound impedance of the enclosure for the speaker, but then creates enclosures where the volume of the enclosure and the distance of the speaker/pist... 
ETHERNET CABLES
Continuing because clumsy keyboarding posted before finished. The framing protocol may or may not have additional parity and checksum error correction. A checksum is a calculated number that represent a mathematical calculation of the total value... 
ETHERNET CABLES
Since the issue of 0 or 1 for digital keeps coming up, I thought I would add some comments from my own experience and somewhat limited knowledge. I am not a Electrical Engineer or a Digital Engineer, but I am a technician and have been involved wi... 
Bookshelf dilemma
The Ascend Acoustic Sierra LX should fit your room, budget and equipment.  It is their newest model.  Read the LX development blog (link at the site), and check user reviews near the end of the blog. Will likely work without subs if so desired.  
Speaker Recommendation Help Please.
As others have said, where ever you end up with speakers, a large heavy area rug for your seating area would be really important. I would also look to drape the fireplace with a fabric buffer. Think like a heavy curtain material as a valance. Let ... 
Low volume listening dynamics
A little expansion on some points others have made.Higher efficiency speakers may help, amp cleaner and faster at low power may help, and room and distance can also help. Clean fast response of both Amp and speakers with minimum ringing and resona...