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Do we really need anything greater than 24/96? Opinions?
... and if listening to a CD could induce "information overload," just imagine what might happen at a live concert! 
A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner
benjie... plain distilled water does not do anything. It will not clean your records ... It won’t remove grease or fingerprints. You need to use 1 1/2 ounces of isopropyl alcohol (70%) per tank and a surfactant to properly clean records when usin... 
30 Amplifiers Totaling $428,740.00 In Search of Audio Nirvana
stringreen You should have bought tickets to live concerts. Attending a live performance and listening at home are two different things. While both can be great experiences, neither is really a good substitute for the other, imo.  
Do we really need anything greater than 24/96? Opinions?
atdavidHas anyone ever noticed that it is mainly old people that complain about CDs and digital. Young people don't experience listening fatigue with it.I've never noticed that and can only wonder what led you to that conclusion. Most people ... 
Do we really need anything greater than 24/96? Opinions?
geoffkaitThe discussion of dynamic range and the dynamic range database has *everything* to do with the discussion of data rate, sampling rate and formatYes, of course. That should be obvious to anyone, unless perhaps they are seeking an argument.... 
New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies
atdavidDoes this product act as a tone control or otherwise attenuate high frequency content and/or increase low frequency content? If so, should be easy to validate that.Given that you think it would be easy to answer your question, why don’t yo... 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
delkal... it appears there is no way to set up a "scientific" test test that will make everyone happy ...I don’t think that’s true. The protocols for a controlled, scientific, double-blind listening test have already been established. They can be... 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
atdavid ... a blind test is not a sighted test ...Agreed! They are two different things. In a true blind test, neither those conducting the test nor the subject of the test know exactly what is under evaluation at any given moment.But if anyone in... 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
atdavid Single blind testing is used regularly where tester bias is deemed to have overall limited impact on the results.What you’re saying is that your sighted test is better than other sighted tests. That’s just nonsense.If you want to conduct ... 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
atdavidWhile ideally the test would be double blind, that is not always a viable thing to do.Quite so! Conducting a controlled test with the goal that it will be scientifically valid is a tricky business. It’s time-consuming, tedious and cumberso... 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
atdavidI am sure it is not just me that questions the agenda of someone that actively tries to suppress people learning.I don’t see any indication that anyone here "tries to suppress" learning. That’s just a silly claim. In fact, there are many u... 
New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies
steakster Balancing the load is especially good for safety, if grounding is suspect. That really makes no sense. Poor grounding should be corrected by bringing the ground up to code, or better. Balancing loads has nothing to do with it. 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
mahgisterWhen i buy a piece of gear, or evaluate my room, or judge the impact of some modification in my audio system, i dont claim for a universal validity, but i claim and vouch from my own experience and personal history of listening, in m... 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
delkal Get some reliable witnesses and do a scientific blinded test. Show how you can instantly hear the slightest change in your cables.   Then post it on all of the forums that it can be done.   You will finally put to rest the countless... 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
atdavidIf You claim that you can hear a difference on Your system, all I have to do is show that You cannot reliably detect the difference on Your system.Perhaps. But to insist that you can base any assertion on the results of a single test o...