cleeds

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why do people feel the need to buy expensive cable
dynaquest4.... for products of like quality (durability, performance, appearance, etc), the one with the lowest cost represents the best value. Everybody understands that ...No, everybody doesn't understand that, and not everyone accepts your... 
Analogue-free system
whitestix I sure don’t mean to fan the fire of digital vs. analogue as the audio tent is a big one and we all can pick our our sources. They are all great. The flames that erupted here weren’t your fault, @whitestix, you just shared your experienc... 
Review Audioquest Hurricane (part 2)
bo1972 The most people who have audio as a hobby are in a circle from which they cannot get out. They change a part for another to hope to get the sound they are looking for ...This is a stereotype and, as with many stereotypes, there's a shre... 
Quad ESL-63 and low-powered amps; Sun Audio, Atma
willemj... the job of an amplifier is an easy one ... absolute perfection in this is unnecessary ... technology has progressed to such an extent that ever since the seventies of the last century it has been possible to produce amplifiers with ... 
Would love some feedback / Denon DL-S1 / phono match / cart recomendations
rauliruegasWell your " electronic engineer " just " speaks " with out showing any arguments or foundation ...OK, Raul, let's look at your "arguments or foundation" ... for whom and why? ...who says that and why? ... your way ignorant " electro... 
Cartridge help
johnto everything appears to be set properly but my high end is missing ...What procedure did you follow to set this up? Did you use a gauge with a mirrored surface that actually aligns the cantilever, such as the Mint or WallyTractor gauges? D... 
HI-FI NEWBIE NEEDS HELP!
lwal22IMO the scientific audiophiles among us seemed to have missed an essential point in relying on low distortion or measures of human hearing ...It seems to me that most of the audiophiles here who claim to be scientists are nothing of the s... 
New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
willemjIn Europe, consumer protection agencies have gone to court in comparable cases to argue that this is consumer fraud - and won their cases.Examples of what you're talking about, please. And these cases are comparable ... to what? There c... 
New Tweak --- Its Fantastic
oregonpapa You have no case. You haven’t used the product, seen the product or heard the product. All you are doing is attempting to destroy something really great.Quite so. Some of the posters here are measurementalists. They believe their knowle... 
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georgehifi... let the source be heard for what it is, without any added colourations with a transparent passive preamp ...As noted by @atmasphere  above, passive preamps commonly suffer from their own problems that can easily affect the sound, an... 
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wolf_garciaCleeds…you mistake "agenda" with "point of view." I consistently argue my point ...I have made no such mistake, but I agree that you consistently argue the same few points. As Thoreau said, sometimes circumstantial evidence is very str... 
This is for Georgehifi especially but others can chime in.
wolf_garciaOpinions aren’t necessarily an "agenda," ...I agree completely. But, for example, when the same poster repeats the same few claims again and again, and insists that those who disagree provide data, and accuses those who disagree with be... 
This is for Georgehifi especially but others can chime in.
wolf_garciaA dealer can generate business simply by invading a free forum with self promotion … I consider that to be an unethical and somewhat slimy commercial activity designed to promote a business. Period. Others may disagree…and I don't... 
Reducing Background Noise On Records
scm islandmandan and terry9 have it right. If you have a TT you`ll eventually/inevitably end up with an US cleanerI don't know if it's inevitable, but I agree that the best path to good LP sound includes an ultrasonic cleaner. No amount of Groov... 
Is elliptical the best stylus profile
To correct my own post above ▲▲▲▲▲▲ it was not quite accurate to say there's no VTA when using a conical stylus, because VTA describes the cantilever more than the stylus. What I should have said is that because of the conical stylus shape, ther...