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| So What Is Real? Randi got the million from Johnny Carson when he died to go after spoon benders and dowsers. A quick search turns up Randi’s net worth at 1.5 Million. Most likely Randi got cold feet thinking, gee, I know the Challenge is rigged but maybe these cr... | |
| So What Is Real? Fremer didn’t go through with the Million Dollar challenge because The Amazing Randi got cold feet and it was Randi who blinked first. | |
| Miracles in Audio, by luck, by good choices,by design or by tweaking... I dare say we’re entering The Teleportation Tweak territory, men. I have been counseling lo these many years telephones 📞 and cellphones 📱 are bad news for the sound. Imagine how bad the sound is in a room at CES filled with a bunch of people with... | |
| So What Is Real? I don’t think they were stupid, they just didn’t know any better. They were too circuit hyper-focused. The same with fuses. | |
| Should I trust movers with my equipment? Rule no. 1 - Expensive electronics have about as much chance of making it all the way across country in one piece as a camel has of passing through the eye of a needle. | |
| Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"? For your consideration, from almost twenty years ago:Under FAQs on the Nordost website, they say the following: "Question: Are the cables directional? Answer: Nordost cables are not directional when they are manufactured. However once they have be... | |
| Recommendation for an audiophile speaker cord that is not "bright"? Let’s see. I’m betting Nordost doesn’t believe in honoring the inherent directionality of wire. That means that just by chance 50% of the time Nordost cables will be connected backwards. Thus, 50% of the time they will sound too bright. Hel-loo! C... | |
| So What Is Real? Levitating objects with sound is kind of passé ever since they levitated a frog 🐸 in a magnetic field. https://youtu.be/KlJsVqc0ywM | |
| Herron VTPH-2A or Manley Chinook mk II phonostage Trouble maker! | |
| Audio Rack Selection Did you take a smart pill today? 🤓 | |
| Audio Rack Selection The taller the rack the more it will amplify seismic type vibration, you know, just like high rises and skyscrapers do. One approach is to isolate the components on their shelves with small one inch springs like you know who sells. | |
| Would you donate a dollar to have these Members Review a Product? If a reviewer reviews a pair of $650,000 Wilson speakers and decides he wants to buy them for himself the standard industry comp is what, 50% off? That’s a pretty sweet deal in my book. I suspect the reviewer’s published review of those Wilson spe... | |
| Would you donate a dollar to have these Members Review a Product? “Sound has a little bit to do with music.” - Hart, Schaffer & Marx | |
| Would you donate a dollar to have these Members Review a Product? jbhiller OPIf someone like Ericsquires, for example, has been listening and tweaking for 30-40 years I’d be curious to hear what he has to say after living with a component for a month. Then it would be cool to contrast his view with several other... | |
| So What Is Real? The cat is out of the bag. Everybody and his brother knows reviewers can’t hear diddly squat and blind tests don’t mean anything. When you combine them you get squaddush. |