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Using battery power to go off the City's power grid
sirnui Any power reservoir from the susbstation needs to travel many feet and it will have to go through transformers and the house wiring and electrical outlets likely rated for 15A. The audio system is not seeing anything close to what the... 
Using battery power to go off the City's power grid
sirnui ... a few key things that a powerful battery/inverter system offers over the average 15A wall outlet. It’s separated from what can be a noisy grid ... And replaces it with a potentially noisy inverter. It can offer more dynamic power ... 
20 Years?
Time flies.  
I Don't Understand What Determines When A Thread Gets The Axe
allenf1963 .... Considering the thread involved the possibility of losing several thousands of dollars to sham websites, the Mods decision stinks more than burning Caps that are overloaded .. You’re being more than a bit over dramatic. If... 
Do you have Ny Weekly Q?
I find the Weekly Q pretty much useless.  
A phono preamp with equalization selector
ghdprentice My Audio Research Reference 6SE has Columbia and Decca ... That's your 3SE, George.  
Cable Break In for the Naysayers
unreceivedogma And some people believe there are tooth fairies.  You're just being silly.  
Berkeley Audio Design and MQA?
audioman58 MQA I thought is no longer being made they went bankrupt ... MQA was acquired by Lenbrook, which also owns NAD and Bluesaound. Story here.  
Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price...
unreceivedogma ... no one is obliged to follow your belief system ... My "belief system" is that audiophiles should conduct their own experiments to their own satisfaction and make their own decisions, as opposed to demanding certain kinds of ... 
Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price...
markwd ... The important question is when are we going to get any good evidence for cables? ... If that’s the important question, then the next question is: When are you going to start collecting this evidence, rather than requesting that we d... 
I Don't Understand What Determines When A Thread Gets The Axe
allenf1963 We will just have to agree to disagree about the OP’s language in his thread. I thought he and the others that were familiar with these companies provided damning evidence ... We don’t disagree there at all, @allenf1963. The pr... 
Yes, cables do make a difference -- regardless of price...
markwd ... record the DAC output or the speaker output (using a calibrated mic), swap cables, and do a null test by comparing the signal spectrums. It should be evident in those measurements as to why you think you hear a difference ... I have a... 
Volume levels
hilde45 ... IF we are comparing good, non-compressed recordings only, then the advantages of digital over vinyl are substantial ... If you’re talking about commercial recordings, it is an exceptionally rare commercial release that does not... 
Berkeley Audio Design and MQA?
Some people actually like MQA. The OP apparently isn't one of them and neither am I. So what?  
I Don't Understand What Determines When A Thread Gets The Axe
czarivey You do seem to be the most righteous member of Audiogon having luxury of receiving answers on why your post or discussion is getting removed. I'm not sure if there are more members with such privilege ... While I've always been tr...