geoffkait
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| LS50 and Big Fat Dots "The theory of a spike being a mechanical diode (allowing vibrations from the speaker enclosure to travel down the spike, but not vibrations to travel up it) has been proven to be untrue."Really? Since when? This is huge, Jerry, huge! ;-) | |
| Does anyone else think this On a related topic I find listening to YouTube on Mr. IPad the sound can be quite good actually, but a function of whether the video is HD or whatever. Check out for example the Slash/Ron Wood (note slash after the name Slash) rendition of Stay wi... | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD How long will the WireWorld cables take to break in? One supposes there will be a review in about 12 months. ;-) | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD I searched for The Ultimate Tweak in archives but didn't find it. Can you provide a link? | |
| Bright & fast speaker cables with great imaging ? Bright has both negative and positive connotations. The positive connotation is that the midrange and treble is actually all there and not recessed. You know, kind of the opposite of dark. Of course no one wants it too bright. | |
| Absolute top tier DAC for standard res Redbook CD Car analogies only get you so much mileage. | |
| Does anyone else think this Not sure I would put cassettes in the same sentence with boom boxes. Innocent question: why did vinyl LPs go by the wayside? Please remind us. Tape like cassette tape is a natural medium. It breathes. | |
| Your First Concert was..... Beach boys and James Brown at school circa '64 and road trip to DC to see Stones in '66. | |
| LS50 and Big Fat Dots I very much like Sorbothane running shoe insoles. But for audio not so much. In fact, I'd say Sorbothane ranks right up there with lead as being a material foisted on unsuspecting naive audiophiles as supposedly good for sound. | |
| LS50 and Big Fat Dots Let me ask you a serious question for a second, Mapman. Have you been watching a lot of Beavis and Butthead videos recently? | |
| Clear Day Interconnects Xeno, that's interesting. Are the Clear Day ICs directional? Also, do you know if they're cryo'd? Just curious. | |
| LS50 and Big Fat Dots Mapman, one assumes they don't teach that stuff in map school. | |
| Does anyone else think this Cassette tape is where it's at, with lightweight earphones. No house power, no interconnects, no speakers. Well, you know the drill. | |
| Essence Electrostatic Speakers...A Bold Statement I'm familiar with Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Any relation? | |
| LS50 and Big Fat Dots The Earth crust motion actually produces waves on the surface of the Earth with horizontal, vertical and rotational forces. So the house is actually moving like a small boat on the ocean with a wave passing under it. |