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Best Brands Out of These-Wharfendale,Bowers and Wilkinsons...
Kharma Grand Enema. For $1,000,000 you’re going to need one! 
What is wrong with audiophiles?
LOL, as if wine tasting or pharma can be applied to audio. Not so fast, slick! 
What is wrong with audiophiles?
A big platinum bar looks bright and shiny and solid but in reality it’s mostly just empty space. 
New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies
OK, whatever 😳 Note to self: what’s going on? 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
I hereby recuse myself from this conversation as I do not use power cords any more. I also apologize for bringing down the average cost for power cords. And good luck to everybody. 🤗 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
Oh, I don’t know, I think this high cost for certain audiophile products is a little bit irrelevant. There are $650,000 speakers, $16,000 cartridges, $120,000 turntables. So what? It doesn’t necessarily advance the science OR the performance to go... 
New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies
viber6jay23,Recently I met a young mastering engineer from Bklyn who worked with the renowned Bob Ludwig. He said that at 72, Ludwig had excellent ears and taught the younger proteges what to listen for. It is likely that Ludwig has diminished HF ... 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
Hey, $16,000 is a drop in the bucket compared to the Von Schweikert Ultra Speaker internal wiring upgrade that sells for as much as $35,000. Are you saying $4,000 for a power cord is where you draw the line. $1000? $100? 
What is wrong with audiophiles?
Bingo!! We have a match! atdavid and prof. Do they win a prize? Maybe some Cable Tunnels? Carpal Tunnels? 🤗 
What is wrong with audiophiles?
This all started back in the 80s when Enid Lumley wrote an article in The Absolute Sound describing her Cable Tunnels which, if you can believe it I build some. Three sections of pine 2x4s, made into a tunnel, wiped down with vegetable oil with sm... 
Mattresses, not stereos is where the money is
This actually could turn out to be a huge godsend for audiophiles. Now they will be able to sleep with their HiFi system. 
The Truth About Power Cords and there "Real" Price to Performance
About all I can say is beliefs can oft be very strong and hard to change. 
What is wrong with audiophiles?
thyname422 posts11-13-2019 8:19amIf you subscribe to the idea that getting cables off the floor reduces BOTH static electric charge AND floor-borne vibration then wouldn’t suspending the cables and power cords from the ceiling be better than ANY c... 
Cryogenically treated cables
hemigregYes copper purity is paramount to make a few microohms decrease-but you can get 1000 fold improvement by upping gauge one size. even the cheap cca cable will show no active degretation if SIZED and terminated according to NIST and JAN spec... 
New Omega E Mat from Perfect Path Technologies
jafreeman OPStaying on topic: Geoff, you just mentioned we are not really hearing digital well due to micro vibrations, CD wobble and scattered-light reading errors. Even though you are off the grid with your Walkman, these drawbacks do exist in y...