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| Has This Kind of Tonearm Been Made? pindac ... there will be Cartridge Bodies, Tonearms, Speakers produced from such Technology in the not too distant future ... We're already there. VPI uses 3-D printed pickup arm tubes. | |
| Magnetar It looks like the Panasonic doesn't play SACDs. I don't understand why truly universal disc players aren't more common. | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! stuartk There is nothing inherently "pretentious" about choosing separate transport and DAC over a CDP. For many of us,the former route is a superior choice due to what we hear ... Of course. It's also more practical because you can replace t... | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! polkalover ... its not a belief system when its digital ... Insisting that a demonstrable, measurable difference is "insignificant" is a subjective judgment and so very much part of a "belief system." It doesn't matter if we're talking d... | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! arafiq The question that OP posed was answered by many. Now the goal posts are shifted - "but why does it sound better? give me concrete proof!" It's a game some play here. In this thread, a difference was established and measured, but a meas... | |
| Speaker Cable Recommendation tvrgeek "Significant" ? I think some folks should look up the word in the dictionary. Different? Yes, but tiny, tiny, tiny unless you are letting your belief system modify what you hear vs. the actual sound. What constitutes "significa... | |
| Help settle a streaming argument! carlsbad2 Playing moderator here: Nobody has said what an expensive streamer does differently than a budget streamer. Yes they have. Perhaps you just don't care for the explanations. | |
| Phono cable (RCA-RCA) from TT to Phono Pre Question Capacitance is really a concern only with MM cartridges. What cartridge are you using? | |
| Two questions to make you mad. tvrgeek I think we need a new terms in our hobby for three different goals. "Audiophile" is not a good word. It's a fine word. Audiophiles apparently make you uncomfortable, and so the word makes you uncomfortable, too. The opposite fa... | |
| Ground Loop? oldrocker52 When the outlets were installed, I used in wall 20 gage AQ power wires. On a 15A line? Are you in the US? That isn't even close to code where I live. I've lifted the ground on both and individually with adapters. That also... | |
| USB Cable tvrgeek I suggest some believers in magic here do a little reading on human objectivity ... Perhaps you should take your own advice, because you seem to be one of the greatest believers in magic on all of A’gon. You find it here and there and ... | |
| USB Cable tvrgeek I try to present facts so people can make up their own mind. If you have any actual evidence other than "You believe", please present it. You consistently reject all evidence that does not suit your measurementalist’s notion of how... | |
| USB Cable antigrunge2 Have a drink, mate and pls try to relax. The guy has problems, for sure. He sees fairies and magic dust everywhere. Most odd. | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? atmasphere My only point here is that if they don't support the standard, the cable will be a veil. Yes, we can agree that it seems that's your only point. I'm not sure that I agree with the premise that the cables in my mostly-ARC system ... | |
| XLR cables for a reasonable price? atmasphere The puzzling thing is why the balanced standard is so commonly ignored in high end audio. You understand that AES48 is just one "standard," correct? There are other ways to design balanced components and choosing an alternative ... |