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Responses from clearthink
| Fuse upgrades? -- 6.3 amp 250v 5X20mm fast blow fuses sleepwalker65"Fuses have no bearing on sound quality unless they are directly between the output stage of the power amps and speakers."Yes we can understand that this is your faith, belief, and unshakeable conviction and that your belief is base... | |
| CDs Vs LPs sleepwalker65"What you are mistakenly thinking of, is the reverse process, taking that stored sequence of samples and generating a facsimile of the original analog program material, doing bit-sum averaging to compensate for dropouts.'You are con... | |
| Transaction Well of course I think we are all sorry for your experience but this is inherent in buying used merchandise of any type, category, or price and it is possible if not even most likely that the dealer and the manufacturer are not at all directly res... | |
| Insider or Outsider? To be or not to be,...? inna" yellow badges will steer clear of threads that I start. I will throw you out right away even if to do it I might have to cancel the entire thread. I hope I made it perfectly clear."You have made it clear that you are angry, abusive, and ar... | |
| How to make low end digital sound "not terrible" on higher end systems? ieales-"Tubes won't help. The signal bears no relationship to the original signal and the lost information cannot be recovered"This statement is completely false and reflects confusion, ignorance and/or misinformation about the nature, function ... | |
| Insider or Outsider? To be or not to be,...? This looks like a good idea to me $100 USD is a trivial, tiny, paltry, sum and what it will do in effect, result and consequence is substantially limit and reduce the children who post here there seem to be quite a few that are probably at the thi... | |
| ADC 26 BEST PRITCHARD CARTRIDGE EVER? or BEST CARTRIDGE EVER? lewm". The materials of which a cartridge is built and the shape of its stylus are not necessarily guidelines to excellence. "Well then please explain what the guidelines to excellence are pixie dust, glossy brochures, rave reviews by self-procl... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? duglas" I paid probably $3000. I’m pretty convinced that my setup is high enough on the curve of diminishing returns to be considered as equivalent to the best available."This is absurd on the face of it you do not understand or comprehend the m... | |
| CD ripping for the lower end. n80 "I have a decent hifi system. I listen to CDs mostly. Thinking about going modestly digital just to test the waters"This does not make any sense based on the information you have provided here you are already digital! | |
| Marantz SA-10 arriving Monday! astru"I believe the point of the settings is that the PCM format is not lossless, and Marantz provides the option to play with different settings because there is no agreed way to reconstruct the original acoustic signal."You do not know what yo... | |
| Which Nakamichi to choose? phil9624"It puzzles me that more vinyl folks don't seem to want to make a tape of a favorite LP"What would be the point of such an excercise it is probable that the tape will wear out before the LP provided each is cared for in similar fashion w... | |
| Kimber Hero vs Morrow Audio vs ? Analog interconnects wolf_garcia" I cringe when a commercial entity inappropriately drops in here."There is nothing improper, inappropriate or incorrect about commercial persons or entities posting ,contributing or responding to this site at all you should check Aud... | |
| why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable dynaquest4"Do your research and DO NOT take recommendations from people who have already..."It doesn't take much "research" to plainly, decisively, and emphatically reveal that you're comments, directions, and protestations are biased, uninforme... | |
| Looking For 90% of the performane of the super expensive cables for much less money tobor007"I use high end fake Kimber. They look great and I can BS my friends into hearing the difference 2k speaker cables can make. Here’s my dilemma, I can buy these cables at $75 a pop. I think I could sell them (only locally) to people I know ... | |
| What the heck is up with the audiogon listing photos? mapman"the obscured photos is still an embarrassment and needs to be addressed."Why would this embarrass you and why does it "need" to be addressed? |