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| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? 50% of the time is no better than guesswork.If we experienced listeners need just the right conditions, at the perfect time of the calendar moon, when all our faculties are working optimally to strain to distinguish better than 50% between a $1 an... | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? Some cables can make a monster difference. Just ask Noel Lee. Sorry, difficult to resist, but he started it. | |
| Audio stands for Turntable and amp isolation ? Yes, a wall shelf on a timber framed wall is a resonance/stability disaster. Even on a solid wall it's highly suspicious because at the point of stylus contact the shelf could be flapping about alarmingly albeit at levels invisible to the eye. But... | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? If anyone was hoping that we would make a millimeters advance in this ancient debate then I'm sorry to state the obvious - no we won't. Not now, not ever as long as cables remain the fastest way to make a quick buck in audio.You may as well ask, ... | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? @retearl What does he know? He’s only an engineer with highly sophisticated measuring technology at his disposal! Where is the evidence that he’s measured every cable on the market? What gives him the right to sit on his high horse and pontificate... | |
| Longer speaker cables or interconnects The 80s ushered in a new kind of zeitgeist. All of a sudden the need to belong communally, the need for companionship, the need to give and receive love got fractured and superseded by a need to make money.Still there are always those who don't to... | |
| Longer speaker cables or interconnects @unreceivedogma, thanks for the links. Here in the UK many used to call New York the capital of the world. I don't remember anyone ever arguing against it.For me, on top of everything else it was the home of Marvel Comics. It was where Stan Lee, J... | |
| Do Bigger Speakers Mean a Bigger Window? @phusis Yes! It just struck me after reading your post, something so obvious yet didn't consciously occur to me til now. For me at least, a major difference is that when I listen via large speakers I can more easily forget that I am listening to... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report @ghosthouse Yes, you're right. Unfortunately everything is of it's time, and despite the best summer here in decades, this isn't and can't be 1966-9. Donovan wasn't Dylan but he went places few if any others went. It's as if decided to take Mr Ta... | |
| What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report Sunshine Superman - the very best of Donovan (2002).22 great songs for this unexpected summer here in the UK. | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? Yes, the photograph analogy is good. No one as far as I know in music or film claims that they can improve upon the original recording. This is why the provenance of the recording is so important in remastering. The earlier the copy, the better.Wh... | |
| DO CABLES REALLY MATTER? Of course cables matter. How else would the signal travel? Bluetooth? Wi-Fi? Failing that a straightened coat hanger will do just as well as blind listening tests prove. Me, I'm happy with decent budget OFC off Amazon. As most of the world's recor... | |
| Who said “ flat freq response “ is the best? @ieales I've long had a mistrust of the press and regard it mostly as entertainment value only. It would be interesting to hear why you think phase has been largely ignored, and what did Heyser say about it? Thanks. | |
| Do Bigger Speakers Mean a Bigger Window? @timlub Yes soundstage, but also a better view into the recording - bandwidth wise. Once you can hear the highest and lowest sounds off a recording you have effectively top and tailed it. Until then something important may well be missing.Very fe... | |
| LINN SONDEK LP12 BEARING OIL: Alternatives... @nandric Yes, this highlights the problem with most tweaks, namely that you know better than the actual maker of the product.If it was so easy then why doesn't the maker do it? Is it actually a good mod, is it cost effective, do we know better th... |