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| Recent equipment you hated, thought overpriced Polk432 wrote,"Who would admit that they paid lots of money for something that made little to no difference? If you have good equipment you don't need tweeks. If you like wasting money, fine. I'll still take a Rolex."I'm kind of getting this weird... | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks Ah, Quantum. Sure, why not? :-) | |
| Recent equipment you hated, thought overpriced Polk432 wrote,"I've borrowed Bybee, Shakti, Tice and other tweeks from a friend that used to be in the audio business, and I'll take a Rolex any day. Even he admitted that they made little if any difference in sound."I hate to judge before all the... | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks It would not be terribly surprising if many cable makers did not actually manufacture their own wire any more than it's no big surprise high end amplifier manufacturers don't fabricate their own capacitors, resistors, Tubes, transistors or wire, o... | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks Ivan wrote,"Alan Maher (of Alan Maher designs) has put forward a theory that, while I'm unable to prove, seems pretty intriguing. According to him, the best way to lower resistance in a system is to manipulate things by raising inductance, which h... | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks Ivan wrote,"But, in regards to your op, Sabai, maybe my main point here is simply the model that wiring, when using an oscilloscope anyway, is not so much ‘doing something magical’ as all the makers would plainly have us all believe, but rather th... | |
| The Night Air Unfortunately for that argument the SteinMusic Harmonizer is not an ionizer. Not that there's anything wrong with ionizers. | |
| Best bargain find ever ? I picked up a Fisher 500 C receiver at a yard sale way back when for $1. | |
| Some Thought on Cables and Tweaks Sabai, maybe you are looking for something more mysterious, but here are some reasons why some cables sound better than others, or more neutral.1. Higher purity metals - less impurities; e.g., 0.99999 % copper vs 0.999 copper. Oxygen free, single... | |
| Have you heard or own the Shakti Hallograph Eliz wrote,"Clearly I am in a tiny minority here so i apologize to all the rich fools, OOPS! i mean wealth investors of these marvelous products.Great to read glowing reviews of them.Glad the economy is good for some folks.For me, on my pittance i... | |
| Have you heard or own the Shakti Hallograph Elizabeth, Shakti Hallographs are only $1395/pair all day long over on Amazon. Maybe you should reconsider. Lolhttp://www.amazon.com/Shakti-Innovations-Hallograph-Soundfield-Optimizer/dp/B0030H2O6IGeoff KaitMachina DynamicaWe make artificial atoms... | |
| Have you heard or own the Shakti Hallograph Quotes are Shakti's.""Our stand, which is 4 feet in length, is also asymmetrical and does produce some audible improvement in bass clarity. Again, the goal is to push the room's enormously distorting effects further into the background with a far ... | |
| Have you heard or own the Shakti Hallograph Eli's wrote,"I own three VPI bricks. Got one for free, and two for the single price of $25."So, if you get them at a low enough price you'll buy just about anything. "One VPI brick is usefully on top of a BIG old square transformer for the (separa... | |
| Have you heard or own the Shakti Hallograph Yikes! Not terribly surprised to see knee jerk reactions to the Shakti Hallographs and the Tice Clock. You can't judge a book by looking at the cover. Mpingo discs, VPI Bricks, Bybee filters, tiny little metal bowls, Lessloss Blackbody, Ultra Twee... | |
| Recent equipment you hated, thought overpriced Timmy, see Davvie's post.Geoffkait |