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| Cable curmudgeon @cleeds You are incorrect. My post was not derogatory to Soix. Unfortunately I don't keep copies of what I put up here. It could and perhaps should have been unsulting to Soix. Here is what he said about exviolin: @So, what the hell are you... | |
| Cable curmudgeon @soix Thank you so much for your observation. Your only intention seemed to be to put down @exflute for having ears that can perform well in a top orchestra but you allege does not perceive differences in the sound of cables that you allege (w... | |
| Cable curmudgeon Hi there @bruce19 and @onhwy61 Crikey. A moderator just removed my previous post. What was wrong with it?? I guess Soix must know the moderators. Hey Soix, hold up listening to those cables for a few minutes. Have a break. Sad day if he... | |
| Why are people paying these stupid tube prices? 'Why are people paying these stupid tube prices?' 1. Panic buying. 2. Speculation. 3. Certainly a big part of the increase is caused by 1. and 2. 4. Therefore greed. 5. And selfishness. Aren't we a horrible lot! | |
| Best progressive rock album side @simonmoon Thanks for filling me in on what seems to be a lifetime of progrock that none of use probably would have time to listen to. I was there at the beginning in the late 60s and so figured as I didn't like it then I wouldn't like it now. ... | |
| Audioquest Storm Series power cables Try not to worry about 'having' to spend $$$$ on six feet of power cable. It just conducts electricity and can make no difference to the sound. Obviously the guys selling it will say it does Once they say it, then the 'emperor's new clothes' sy... | |
| Is This the Essence of "The Audiophile Dilemma? If you have it, it's a self-made dilemma that with careful expert psychological training at great expense and over a long period can be overcome. I have never had the irresistible concern that my system isn't performing satisfactorily. But I do ... | |
| Best progressive rock album side It's my privilege not to enjoy much of this which is pretentious twaddle. By the way Dr Sardonicus is not prog rock and I do like it. | |
| Chill Out; Get Outside of yourself @onhwy61 I am angry, but not insecure. From your handle you may be an aging hippie and sympathetic to criminals. I'm an aging hippie well on to Highway 61, but never sympathetic to criminals. I only pray you don't get scammed by one of these ... | |
| Best progressive rock album side This is mostly pretentious crap by second rate musicians. I didn't even like most of it when I was young. This thread should be changed to 'which are the most over-rated prog rock discs'. Let me start. #1 All of Genesis #2 Most of Yes #... | |
| Buyer Beware As I said before, it's so hard to pin these bastards. The only answer is to increase sentences for those that are caught, to create risk. In general I advocate much higher sentences for crimes that are difficult to police. So for these scums I ... | |
| Another person going digital and full of questions Just questioning an answer that for many here is a given. Why is it necessary to spend $20k on a DAC before one hears music that sounds like music? After all, it's just a box of electronics, with components, mostly solid state, and design input.... | |
| Many higher end preamps are dated and ugly, why is this? Pre-amps are engineering products built to do a job. For most that job is not to look beautiful. As most here have said, the important job is to process signals accurately and without unwanted artifacts. ARC epitomises that, having sold amps fo... | |
| Is an isolation transformer better than a power conditioner? 'Improved but not dramatically' I posit that such a perceived change not further described is highly likely to be the result of expectation bias and not an objective sound improvement. The description is low-key and unexciting, expressing disapp... | |
| Yep much to do about nothing. Fear brains. @ghasley " Wouldn’t it be kindof cool if those who make bombastic or apocolyptic claims to be required to list their geographic location and a summary of their qualifications? That way people could take their comments in context and arrive at a... |