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Does HiRez really sound better?
What a pretty thought, that we will see significant improvements in CD and hi Rez for years to come. It appears to me that in fact the quality of CDs has steadily gone down the tubes ever since they started compressing the music for some hare brai... 
Does HiRez really sound better?
Z Man, not only that but for CDs that were remastered from the original master analog tapes, I kinda doubt digitizing he thing will result in higher resolution than what you started out with -- the original master tape. Duh!:-) 
Does HiRez really sound better?
Actually, as I understand it cassette tape has higher resolution than Redbook CD. That would probably help explain my preference, but also the sheer musicality, you know, things like sweetness, warmth and air. 
Is your tube amp really a tube amp?
Did someone just cut one? 
Rolling Stones Tour 2015
I saw them in DC at the Coliseum in 66, might a been 65. The swinging blue jeans opened for them. Hitch hiked up from school. At that point a Stones concert was like a non stop riot. 
Anyone seen audiophile lisence plates passin' by?
What a coincidence, my Japanese Best of Kraftwerk CD just shipped from Japan. Can't hardly wait. 
Is your tube amp really a tube amp?
Oh, they got bass. Tube bass, too. 
Rolling Stones Tour 2015
Mother's Little Helpers probably help with all the stage jogging. 
Is revealing always good?
That would be an excellent argument for going back to boom boxes. 
Is your tube amp really a tube amp?
Question: why do portable Walkman amfm radios sound so tube-like? Is because they don't require all the capacitors and transformers that high power amps do? 
Rolling Stones Tour 2015
A bigger bang which I'm pretty sure is their last album has some very good songs on it, Let Me Down Slow being one of them. A classic. Let it roll. 
Why are records still warped?
Every medium has it's pluses and minuses. Nothing is perfect. 
A "Unique" Voice...
Bon Scott 
Isolation platform - Gingko vs Mapleshade
Since the laser is suspended using a spring system with resonant frequency around 8 Hz, I'm guessing, then the laser itself is subject to structural vibration with frequency in vicinity of 8 Hz, no? So, there would be a good reason to employ an is... 
Transformers humimg........again
You can minimize the effects of transformer hum by isolating the transformer from the chassis and from the circuit boards. Remove or loosen the bolt(s) holding the transformer to the chassis and place 1/8" cork under the transformers. That should ...