erik_squires
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| Personal vs. Market Values Kind of accidentally, I'm reading the book "iconoclast" and in the middle of discussions about how the stock market works and how iconoclasts make money by going against group / market values. Anyone who wants a deep dive into this should take a l... | |
| Speakers positionning Going off-axis often reduces any top octave or higher ringing. An especially good idea for a lot of (but not all) metal tweeters, including some Be's. Crossing in front of your head you reduce side wall reflections, so it makes sense to me, overal... | |
| Personal vs. Market Values So, I'll try a little truffle oil on my interconnects and speaker cables. Perhaps they will sound or taste better :) Some one can make money on that idea, might as well be you. :)E | |
| Personal vs. Market Values @john123There are a lot of pronouns in your first paragraph. Could you be a little more specific, and what exactly does this mean: The psychological terrain of reacting to the unconscious forces made conscious & acted on by attempting to sell... | |
| Can anyone help me remove a stuck fuse holder from my tube amp? Mike,To be clear, the plastic cover won't come out, right? Try some strong duct tape. Attach and pull. If that still isn't enough, super glue on the end of a dowel. Use a razor after to remove. Best,E | |
| litz copper vs stranded silver? Parts Connection sells a solid silver interconnect. It's a little fragile, but so cheap you may buy multiples and make your own stranding. :) Best,E | |
| Personal vs. Market Values Truffle oil...not to be confused with snake oil. Well, sometimes they can be exactly the same thing ...https://www.tastingtable.com/cook/national/truffle-oil-fake-no-truffles-priceonomics | |
| B&W 803D crossover caps The issue of Mundorf vs. Copper film:Mundorf Supreme caps have their very own house sound. To me it is like a disney / Fuji film sheen with hypersaturated colors. Scintillation is also a good way to describe it.This is what Magico and B&W like... | |
| Curious what people think is the best "value" high end speaker (~5K to 15K) Monitor Audio's top end. Anything from Fritz. | |
| If I plug my phone into an external DAC, does it bypass the internal DAC in the phone? Not if you use the headphone jack.Otherwise, via Bluetooth or USB, yes. E | |
| Personal vs. Market Values Most “truffle oil” is crap. Made from inferior species, left over remnants, or from a perfumeries laboratory. Might one care not to spend money on fresh truffles, they might get better results with more modestly ( compared to high quality fresh... | |
| Why Does All Music Sound the Same; An Explanation The long term use of hypercompression in the mastering studio has finally killed pop music. Not only does it suck out all the dynamic range out of the music, in so doing it scrubs all emotional content as well. Hahaha, there is no bottom in te... | |
| recommendation for speaker wire to soften the highs if possible How about acoustic panels behind the speakers? Experiment first with blankets/ pillows to see if they make a diff.Check out GIK Acoustics, they make beautiful "art panels" | |
| Personal vs. Market Values Erik - Do you see what you're started here? If you keep this up you might turn this into TrufflegoN(TM)... Then my work here is done. | |
| Personal vs. Market Values Yes, there probably are supertasters in audiophile land, but what good are we? :)I mean, if we could discern between 20 different amplifiers, are you enjoying music more, or did you just train some set of neurons to discriminate without an end goal? |