deludedaudiophile
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| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. Many amplifiers on tested on Stereophile and ASR meet those criteria @atmasphere . By low, I don't mean only low at 20KHz, but low at all frequencies, <<0.01% at all frequencies. I don't think distortion has any particular meaning at >10... | |
| Why Do You Post? @teo_audio What is exposed in this particular post, is a lack of understanding or meaning, of this singular word ’lore’ - where the post pivots around the use of the word lore. What I mean by lore, is the typical use, I noticed you frequen... | |
| Why Do You Post? Posting is about knowledge sharing. Unfortunately the world is full of Know-it-alls spoiling the experience. Can I replace "know-it-all" with "people with both the education and experience to confidently either state something as true or ref... | |
| How Electricity Actually Works Correct "Signal Propagation" with integrity is ALWAYS a concern. "If it is not? You may have chosen the wrong hobby. I have chosen an advanced degree in solid state physics and a career in semiconductors and batteries. You may want to pick some... | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. If it sounds good and measures bad, we must be measuring the wrong things. We also used to think the sun was the center of the universe. Why is it so hard to accept people like different things and even what they like changes? If you have beco... | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. What does "real music" sound like. I don't remember my tube amps sounding any more real or less real just different. The bass was less real. | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. We appear to be measuring the right things, some people like less perfect reproduction. They like the imperfect artifacts. That is not bad. | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. @onhwy61 I think the implication is that some people like the sound of audible artifacts. I think I may have in the past. If you make them measure well you lose the artifacts. | |
| How to tell if your AC wiring needs an upgrade The final 0.4V reading could be nothing more an induced voltage by the HOT 120V ungrounded conductor. I suspect the 0.9V was not correct and was influenced by noise pickup. The 0.4 is likely the accurate measure. @erik_squires underst... | |
| How Electricity Actually Works Fortunately at the frequencies of concern for analog audio and our wire length field, signal propogation is not a concern though audiophiles get themselves worked up easily. For digital cables it is important but something figured out long ago. | |
| How to tell if your AC wiring needs an upgrade The higher the neutral voltage the lower your outlet voltage (assuming you don't have something else wildly wrong). Can you explain this above? I did the test with a multimeter on kitchen outlets with nothing connected. I measured 0.9V. I p... | |
| I don't want to beat a dead horse but I'm bugged. Tube parameters change significantly over their life. Put in a new tube it sounds like a different amplifier. It’s not the reliability that I had issue with, it was that I never knew whether my amp was operating at its best. I enjoyed it at the t... | |
| How Electricity Actually Works Most obvious is why the dielectric, insulation, used to cover the bare conductor on ICs and speaker cables can effect the sound. Example Teflon vs cheap PVC. Going even deeper it may also explain why the geometry build of a cable can have an... | |
| Audiophiles on Audiogon. Perhaps your comment @russ69 is because I repeatedly pointed out incorrect information in the topic you started? I am not an expert but technical enough that what you posted seemed unlikely and was easily researched as incorrect. If that makes me... | |
| How Electricity Actually Works @builder3 I expect most here are from an older generation but who have equally invalid reasons for believing what they think is correct. |