cleeds
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| Poor Customer Service I’ve had excellent response and support from the companies I deal with with the sole exception of Aurender. I finally became so unhappy with their quality of support that I dumped the damn thing and bought a Bryston BDP-3. Which is what I should h... | |
| why do so many discussions turn contentious? As we know, this thread is: "why do so many discussions turn contentious?"Here’s an entire post from our friend @georgehifi:georgehifiNo no no!! that’s the new word for being a fuser "Pathetic"😵There’s the problem. | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear gochurchgoI wouldn’t buy anything from any company who prices 98% of the world out of their “goods”. I’d sooner burn that place down than walk in the door.Why so angry, @gochurchgo? | |
| Cables that measure the same but (seem?) to sound different unreceivedogmaIn pharmaceutical clinical trials, the placebo effect is A Thing, people get better because they think they are not in the control group ...Not exactly. Placebos won’t cure cancer.Those that prattle most consistently about placebo af... | |
| Demos - To Charge a Fee or to Not Charge a Fee? bslon... My dealer has given me some screaming good deals over the past 20 plus years, along with great customer service. I stop in occasionally as a tire kicker to see and hear what’s what and he’s happy to accommodate—he knows I’m not an i... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics Just to be clear: I have been at this audio thing a long, long time, going all the way back to r.a.h-e days, and long before. But it did strike me odd that anyone could pursue audio for 40 years and only now be happy with the sound. My system has ... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics unreceivedogmaCleeds: I have been “actively been working at this” for 53 years. There are moments during that time where I have been happy with the sound.Oh, good to know. I was only responding to what you previously wrote: ... for the first ti... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics danager ... for the first time in the 40 odd years I’ve been working with stereo I’m happy with the sound ...I've seen comments like this before and it just amazes me. I really don't mean to sound disrespectful but just to be clear: You've been ... | |
| If I could afford, I’d purchase 100% Oswald Mills Audio gear mijostynHiFi's are not to look at, they are for listening. OMA is all about marketing. @chakster, I am really surprised that you are so enthralled by OMA's marketing BS ...Please do not judge HiFi gear by it's appearance ...Nothing OMA makes ... | |
| Does Expert Music Streamer Outrun CD Player? audiotroycds suck they can be scratched, and misplacedC'mon that's absurd. I know people who've forgotten where they parked their car. It didn't make them give up driving.Not everything on LP is available on CD. Not everything on CD and LP is ava... | |
| Audiophile Priorities and Recent Topics rufuslunaBy far the place to make the most money is in tweaks and cables ... Any idiot can start a cable business.So when will you be starting your cable biz? | |
| Unplug or ride out the storm? audioguy85Just shut the breaker off, that is if you took the time to put the hifi on a seperate circuit. No need to unplug if the breaker is off...My equipment is all on dedicated lines. Why you think current from a lightning strike couldn’t easil... | |
| Unplug or ride out the storm? My area has historically poor electric service, so I have multiple stages of protection, starting the service panel. But when we get these violent electrical storms, I pull the plug on my gear. I think that's the best protection, and I'm not going... | |
| how is digital sound created? abraxalitoIf you're claiming that interpolation is all part of R-S coding that wouldn't be correct. Interpolation is specific to audio and R-S codes get used in plenty of application ...I don't know how it could possibly have been more clear th... | |
| The "Snake Oil" Trope mijostyn .... because people do not understand scientific thinking and frankly do not want to. They would rather hold seances.That's mighty colorful writing, and a great way to avoid the issue.It is safe to assume the placebo effect as 50%. If ... |