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Moon by Simaudio, Arcam and Hegel: Quality of Customer and Technical Phone Support
kte642 Based on your experience which of these companies is likely to give me the best customer and technical phone support both in the initial set-up and calibration and in any potential issues going forward ...Those are services your dealer... 
Recording Quality
mikeydee ... can you tell that one recording was made better than others in the studio?Good systems easily reveal differences in recording quality - for better or worse. 
Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference?
sailboat... if your ears can hear a change then that MUST MEAN the audio waveform coming out of the speakers has changed ...So, when someone claims big things.. I say show me the measurement.  NOT a subjective impossible to quantify.. This is... 
Does raising speaker cables off the floor really make a big difference?
audiozenology Why do all these claims breaks down so quickly when eyes are removed from the equation?I haven't seen any evidence that "all these claims breaks down so quickly when eyes are removed from the equation."Your claim seems essentiall... 
Problem with Ref 5SE
motorheadflashI'm surprised that your 5 se has no signs of heat distortion on top of the 6550 tube. When you put your hand on top of the 6550 is it hot?Yes, it gets quite hot, as all the Ref preamps do. But the plastic top does not deform - it ... 
Problem with Ref 5SE
motorheadflash I would love to hear from other ref 5 and ref 6 owners and see if they have burn marks or melting marks over their 6550 tubes. Has anyone had a similar problem with the static, or the 6550 tube burning out? The 6550 will wear faste... 
Another Analog v. Digital Thread? Not Really
musicloversaudioDigital, sampling at fixed intervals, throws away 90% of the timing information.Hmmmm, how exactly did you calculate that??  
Distinguished Frequencies
delkalListening to white noise seems like a strange choice........I wonder if the noise sounded better at higher sampling frequencies?White noise seems like a smart choice to me. The purpose of the test was to ascertain if there was an audible d... 
Affordable cables
audiozenologyIn this thread alone there are many who claim to have superior hearing ...Of course you provide no example. Your "golden ear" is just a strawman argument.  
ESOTERIC N-01 Replacement For My PS Audio BHK Preamp & Directstream Dac with Brige ll
dznutzThis Esoteric nomenclature is getting a little silly isnt it?Compared to what?The Most Moronic Nomenclature Award has to go to Schiit, imo.  
Affordable cables
audiozenology... when I run into audiophiles with claimed golden ears ...I've never met an audiophile who claimed to have "golden ears" or superior hearing. Indeed, the audiophiles I know think that just about anyone could hear what they hear, p... 
Classe CA100 - Static, Cut Outs when cold. Ideas?
stereoI had the same exact problem with my Classe CAP 150, sent it back to Quebec twice, both times cold solder joints.  It happened a third time and brought it to a local tech who found at least 6 more bad solder joints.  Hence, have a local... 
Any tweaks I'm missing?
georgehifi ... use your your technically unexplainable snake oil, just don't shove it onto the gullible here to make the big buck profits for the manufacturers you shill for.I don't know what you mean by "shove it." People here should be free t... 
Shakti Stones - How to arrange them?
mapmanBetween ... the large number of unsubstantiated claims and resulting personal attacks made and tolerated on this site these days (nothing new) I am seriously considering canceling my account once again.This is a hobbyist's group, not a s... 
Classe CA100 - Static, Cut Outs when cold. Ideas?
stereo5It’s a cold solder joint.  Classe quality went downhill ...It's impossible to remotely troubleshoot audio problems, even by experts.  Speculation is  the best anyone can offer.