geoffkait
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| Do you believe in Magic? Mapman wrote,"Luckily, most of the really important core principles of home audio are fairly well understood by many, so that is less of a problem practically."The so-called experts - the "many" - still don't understand wire directionality (or dis... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Whart wrote,"didn't peter belt have a whole thing about putting a photo of yourself into the freezer? that's not far removed, geoff. when you said you were a 'beltist,' i assumed that had nothing to do with the thing that holds your pants up, and ... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Sounds to me like those ascribing the supernatural to implausible tweaks are a little like the natives on a godforsaken island somewhere who believe cameras are supernatural and that having a picture taken of them will steal their souls. The probl... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? What wrote,"(PS. I am not mocking you. I live in an area outside of NYC that is filled with folks claiming to have all kinds of spiritual connections to the past, present and future. I'm just too dumb to connect on that level- I have a difficult e... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Whart wrote,"I probably have on the order of 10,000 records (probably getting closer to 11,000 now) and I would like to see them in my room as well."Bill, thanks for reminding me of No. 8 in the list of preposterous things that improve the sound.8... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Bryon asked,"Question, Geoff, and I'm asking it sincerely... Are you a Dualist?"No, Bryon, but I am a Machina Dynamicist, a Sheldrakian and a Beltist, and I mean that sincerely.Geoff at Machina Dynamica | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Wharton, answers to your questions:"1. Removing all telephone books from the house. I don't see this, unless the telephone books are blocking the speakers or air vents on the equipment. But, if you are using them for isolation under equipment, or ... | |
| Do you believe in Magic? Let's see, which of the following tweaks do the more open minded folks here think will definitely work, have a chance of working or have a snowball's chance in hell of working? Don't be shy. By "working" I mean improves the sound, just to clarify.... | |
| Forty bucks well spent.... Sabah wrote,"A word of caution. A problem arose when the spin of my transport caused some of the color to appear outside the transport drawer. I suspect the same thing could be happening on the inside of the transport, as well."Most likely that's ... | |
| Forty bucks well spent.... Can anyone guess what color reflects the least? Answer at 11. | |
| Any new tweaks out there? Nice thread, heh, here are some of the tweaks I use, in no particular order. Herbies Halo tube dampers, Shakti Stone, Skyline diffuser, Shun Mook Original Cable Jacket, Shun Mook Mpingo discs, pens of various colors for colorizing CDs, Xtreme AV Q... | |
| Fuses that matter. Hifitime, it's not entirely accurate to say that all fuse manufactures do not provide fuse measurements. Link to Hi Fi Tuning fuse data sheets below:http://www.ultrasystem.com/usfeaturedprodsFUSE_LIT.htmlGeoff Kaitmachina dynamica | |
| Fuses that matter. Hifitime, I was not aware they can measure soundstage height, microdynamics, transparency, pop, lushness, presence, shimmer, glassiness, glare, grain, openness, liquidness, timbre, rhythm, pitch, slam or air. | |
| Fuses that matter. Mapman wrote,"Absolutely. Start up some appropriate threads and lets chat."How 'bout this thread? Seems kind of appropriate. You go first.Geoff, MD | |
| Fuses that matter. Mapman wrote,"Risk assessment is a small part of what I do technically actually."Well, let me ask you, does any of the stuff you do technically give you any insights to say, tiny metal bowl resonators, Schumann frequency generators, vibration isol... |