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| What s in front of your chair? ........actually, the effects of wearing glasses on listening to music was written up in Stereophile several years ago-- don't remember if was tongue-in-cheek or not, or the effects. It seems to me Dick Olsher, a tube man, was involved-- that was ... | |
| Survey-What is your most used source? CDs w/speakers 90% of the time, and 10% w/ Sennheiser 600 headphones plugged into SF Line 2 pre-amp-- hope listening to CDs doesn't do to me what it seems to have done to Cornfed though:>). Cheers. Craig. | |
| Buying "Sound Unheard" Hi John; for me, the internet has changed everything. Like some of those above, I now do most of my buying through the various audio gear listing services-- mostly Audiogon. The inet also allows for a great deal of research of products prior to pu... | |
| I m a beginner. Please help Hi Dave; at this point in your audio/music interest, I'd suggest not getting too hung up on such things as inter-connects, power cords, and speaker cables. Concentrate on the basics of a good system whatever your budget is-- this would include sou... | |
| Jokes of and about audiophiles Detlof; thanks for the thread, I enjoyed the humor of all the posts-- gave everybody +1/+1 votes-- except Eddie got a +2/+2 for an incredibly funny "take" on our sometimes goofy hobby. Craig | |
| Anyone heard of LAT International Cables I don't have any, but Steve McCormack of McCormack Audio recommends the LAT power cord for his amps as a good sounding, high quality cord at reasonable price. I intend to try them. Craig | |
| PS Audio Ultimate outlet Good post Dhougg. Please put me in your 2nd camp. Stevemj; I don't know how many ICs, power cords, and spkr. cables I've rejected for sonic reasons-- and many were high bucks name brand products-- just the kind of "stuff" that you say I should lik... | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s C'mon Stevemj, we need scientists and engineers just as we need artists, craftsmen, and dreamers. And "moronic posts"?-- that's below the belt man, not to mention being wrong. Craig | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s Hi JD; A challenge I would mostly fail as I have little electronics knowledge. But what I do know is that critical listening skills are real when put in the context of longterm listening to my own system, in my own room, and with my own music. Whe... | |
| PS Audio Ultimate outlet Steve; it seems you actually took my post on 3/12 seriously. I really meant it sort of facetiously. OTOH if you really do have info on BRAND NAMES of various equipment that is some kind of scam, I'm sure we'd all like to hear about it. Good post D... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Jostler-- re: what to test. I know what I need-- say it's a pre-amp, I narrow the list by price, features, tube vs SS maybe even appearance (or other things, eg maybe some dealers I like), and Viola' I've got a "short list". This is pretty quick a... | |
| Attention Scientists, Engineers and Na-s A lot of excellent posts above. I especially liked the summary of Estmad who despite being a scientist is willing to "think outside the box". I think he speaks for many open minded audiophiles, including me. I spent a 30+ year career as a forest s... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology ........yes, I know that the decibel can now be routinely be measured with simple meters, but my point is that it is based on human hearing and hearing perception. Well, this suggests to me that maybe you should trust more in your senses-- but sti... | |
| Speaker wire is it science or psychology Great post Redkiwi. Steve; as I remember it, the decibel is defined as a "just noticeable difference" (JND) in loudness between two sounds. And that sound pressure level (SPL) or decibels is commonly called "volume" in popular terminology. In othe... | |
| Passive Bi-Amping of Stereo Amps To do what you are proposing, you must have bi-wireable speakers, ie two sets of input terminals on each speaker. |