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| So done with audiophile fuses a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a fuse is a f... | |
| Where are the young audiophiles? ....playing on their phones95% of young people seem to have no interest at all in SQ | |
| MSRP, diferentiation and the illusion of value Hi ErikSurely you know after decades on this forum that all its contributors are entirely objective when evaluating hi-fi kit, are never influenced by any hype from manufacturers or anyone else and would never spend money on over-priced products o... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Hi DayglowLike many 1-5 scales yours only uses 3.9-5You say "Its a grading scale of 5" No, it's 4-5. It's compressed.Why do you all allocate 0-3.9 for unacceptable SQ but only 4-5 for acceptable? How many grades of unacceptable do you think th... | |
| The Placebo Effect Placebo has been proved to exist in many fields.So why do the tweakers and imaginers here rant so hard that it doesn't exist in audio.Urbie, rude and offensive though he is, has called it against himself, although from his post I'm not sure he kno... | |
| Why is science just a starting point and not an end point? Properly derived science contains only provable conclusions that are bedrock.All the rest is conjecture - interesting but not the basis for anything solid.The problem is bad science. This is in the ascendency. One reads the most obviously idioti... | |
| Tekton versus Klipsch Don't listen to Miller on Tekton.Bought and paid for.Few others here like them - see above | |
| Insuring Your Vinyl Collection and Equipment Why insure your vinyl collection?It has taken me nearly 60 years to build mine and I don't have another 60 years to rebuild it.What use is money to replace art? | |
| Wilson Audio Tunetot Loudspeakers Reviewed ! @speakermastererrrgh?How do you know what OP wants or is looking for or that he will be sadly disappointed if he buys the Tune Tots??He didn't say what he likes, he just said he thought the review was great. | |
| Class D amps that are superior to all or most? This post is trolling.Pure Class A is what is required.End. | |
| True or False? "Ok, so what I've gathered here is that the better a component is, the less it needs a tweak yet the more it is affected (not necessarily improved) by one."Thank you AEWarren. "NOT NECESSARILY IMPROVED"If something in a complex construction is ch... | |
| Pure analog system with high power Welcome @adversam. You are certainly on the right track with all your choices.Don't let that awful bully Miller put you off your course. He is obsessed by ultra high efficiency speakers and therefore ignores 90% of speakers many of which have su... | |
| When did you most enjoy the music? When my hearing was a little sharper. | |
| Do you care about car audio? Not a bit. I have a few 70s cars. All the radios failed in the end.I bought blanking plates.I mostly listen to the radio in my modern car. Occasionally a CD, usually I take a pile of them for long continental trips. | |
| How many vinyl albums do you own you listen to? ~4000When vinyl ended the first time, as well as a great deal of other classical vinyl, I bought many Decca and some other opera boxes, all used with 50s labels. Mostly mint or VG++, it appears opera fans didn't listen very often. I knew I had l... |