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| Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse? @drbarney1,"But more important, how much unearned wealth can they suck out of the economy through scams before their theft becomes as morally offensive as a merchant short changing a blind person handing her $1 bills in change in place of $100 bil... | |
| Why Do So Many Audiophiles Reject Blind Testing Of Audio Components? What are subjectivists most scared of?Someone turning the lights off.The mere thought of just relying upon their ears causes untold palpitations.Graphs, charts, spinorama and other data are all equally taboo.Thus the high priests of subjectivism h... | |
| The Absurdity of it All @stuartk,I guess what I’m suggesting is that it’s a matter of mental discipline to manage the part of us that craves novelty and try to keep ourselves (mostly) focused upon that "child-like" pleasure, if in fact, that’s one’s top priority. I recog... | |
| Would you buy a piece of gear with a defect? Cosmetic maybe if minor, functional no!Damaged goods are a possible gateway to more trouble. I wouldn’t buy modded gear either. They would have to be designer approved and there’s not many of them.I still recall all those Linn Naim mods from the 8... | |
| The Absurdity of it All @stuartk "But, back to my main focus, audiophilia would appear to require a willingness and an ability to rapidly shift our primary focus from one lobe of the brain to another."Yes, this is perhaps the most unpleasant and challenging task faced by... | |
| Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse? @georgehifi,"By even starting a stupid post like this, make those that have even paid as much as $150!!! for a 10c fuse look just as gullible and been shafted big time also."But isn't that the same clever psychological tactic that those traveling ... | |
| Perfect Pop Songs Here's another seemingly effortless classic from the Ed Sullivan archives - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap from 1968.Lady Willpower.https://youtu.be/vUHEHibJLZQ | |
| Is $2,844 too much to pay for a fuse? It’s the law of diminishing marginal returns. As more and more audiophiles are getting vaccinated against snake oil bites they’re less likely to get bitten.The peddlers have to therefore financially compensate by ramping up the prices to comical l... | |
| Favorite obsolete formats..... @freedeez,"I swear some of my greatest listening experiences were with those cassette tapes."Me too. I even had one of those portable Sony Walkman players. Virtually every Sunday evening was spent listening to the UK top 40 with a loaded cassette.... | |
| Perfect Pop Songs This one is just so 1960s.Twelve Thirty - The Mamas & the Papashttps://youtu.be/RWb7F1mxljE | |
| The Absurdity of it All @stuartk ,You're right, I think the absurdity must be part of the attraction.Let's face it, we're not like the other 99% of the population. Unlike the vast majority for whom the medium is little more than about conveying the message. We seem to b... | |
| Favorite obsolete formats..... MiniDisc and Hi-MD.My dislike of certain magazine reviewers reached near pathological levels as I used to read one disparaging review after the next. It was that word 'lossy' that they all, to a man, latched onto.Yet I would bet that not a single ... | |
| The Absurdity of it All @mijostyn,"My mission has always been to reproduce that thrill at home but still maintain timbral accuracy. Imaging and accuracy are good things to shoot for but if the system does not feel right it is all to naught."I still want that at home but ... | |
| Rubber feet when mounting on stands No you shouldn't.Not unless you can find something even more compliant.Once upon a time most speakers came with rubber feet. Then one day some idiot suggesting using spikes on top of the stands as well as the bottom.Several decades of confusion fo... | |
| Miracles in Audio, by luck, by good choices,by design or by tweaking... @b_mueller,"With suspension, loudspeakers can move freely in the horizontal plane. And they will, in response to the music signal emitted by the drivers (Newton 3rd law). However, they do so with a frequency below the audible spectrum and the move... |