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| Badly recorded albums needing upgrading For Stones CDs the 2002 ABKCO DSD releases are wonderful and can be gobbled up on eBay readily. A good tool to screen out those wretched overly compressed CDs is the UNOFFICIAL Dynamic Range Database. | |
| Suspended cables Funniest answer. | |
| Synergistic Research Cable Risers? Here’s a nice lot of three ceramic insulators on eBay,https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F174143134208And another lot of four,https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fi... | |
| Synergistic Research Cable Risers? I suspect I’m one of the very few people who built Enid’s cable tunnels which, by the way, are designed to reduce both static electric fields and vibration as the cables are suspended inside the tunnel by thread from eye hooks on the roof of the t... | |
| New Santana Album "Africa Speaks" No one gets out alive. Even the LP is overly compressed. 😢http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Santana+&album=Africa+speaks | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Whoa! Hey, calm down, everybody. I get good sound, can I say great sound, for ten bucks. So cut me some slack, Jack! You can get a lot worse for a hundred grand without trying too hard. | |
| Did you ever hear exquisite electronics at a show?? The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. 🤪 | |
| New Santana Album "Africa Speaks" I’m afraid you missed the point. The CD under discussion is extremely compressed. Can you say flatline? Aggressive compression affects all formats to some degree, CD, SACD, Hi Res downloads, what have you. | |
| Suspended cables tweak1My suspicion is that if the cable jacketing is susceptible to static electricity (and the carpeting is too), then yes, risers are important.That said, WireWorld jacketing accounts for this, consequently, it does not need risers>>>&g... | |
| Suspended cables I feel it’s only proper to point out for the benefit of those savvy enough to isolate their components what frequently happens is the speaker cables and or power cords exert sideways ➡️ or downward ⬇️ forces on the iso device, thus ruining the iso... | |
| Suspended cables Reasoning must have a little to do with it. You can’t go through life without reasoning. Otherwise you’ll never find the best solution, only the cheapest solution. | |
| Synergistic Research Cable Risers? High end cable elevators,https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F252733261261 | |
| Did you ever hear exquisite electronics at a show?? Everybody always wants to show with brand spanking new speakers, electronics and cabling. Sure, it looks good. But sounds horrible. Some people try to do the right thing and at least try to break the system in overnight to at least have some chanc... | |
| Synergistic Research Cable Risers? In 1997 at CES Pierre and I suspended all cabling and power cords from eye 👁 hooks in the ceiling using thread with a rubber band on one end. Gives it a nice 2Hz bounce. It looked a little weird, though. Shannon Dickson in Stereophile described th... | |
| Synergistic Research Cable Risers? These are cool, “Right before the javelin throw, total concentration is required. Run through everything one more time and then throw the javelin as far as you can. It's that simple.”Hey, just like in audio! 🤗https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpr... |