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| Most useful tweaks that are sensible and really make a noticeable improvement If you get bored and can’t think of anything else to do there’s always the water bowl tweak. Place three medium size bowls filled with ice cold water about a foot or two out in front of the speakers, one bowl in front of each speaker and one betwe... | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? The evidence for directionality is in the listening. Empirical evidence, after all, is one of the corner stones of the scientific method. The easiest way to proceed IMHO is to reverse interconnects and see if one way sounds better than the other. ... | |
| Best Headphone under 1k$? Let’s get down to brass tacks. Here’s the link to the page where the sound and break in of the HIFIMAN RE-600S v2 are discussed. My order arrives today. https://theheadphonelist.com/hifiman-re-600s-v2-in-ear-earphone-review/3/ | |
| Best Headphone under 1k$? Looks like I’m going to have to gut it out. I just read a very comprehensive review of the HIFIMAN 600S V2 which, among other things, pointed out that 200 hours is required for break-in, the headphones sounding initially rather dry, anemic and bas... | |
| Best Headphone under 1k$? I don’t necessarily believe anything I read about how things sound. | |
| why do hi-end fuses keep blowing, while std don't? Oh, yeah! Like I’m the one missing the point. Break me a give! | |
| How much does volume matter when breaking in amps and cables? Better add burn-in to the list of things amp designers didn’t get the memo about. Along with fuses, fuse and wire direction, vibration isolation, power cords, power cord directionality. Yes, I know what you’re thinking, their designs are so good t... | |
| What’s your vote for the most ridiculous, overpriced, and useless tweak? It would be nice if people were a little more open minded around here. 😀 Now, I’m not saying be so open minded that your brain 🧠 falls out onto the floor. Then we’d have to drag out the squeegees and mop it up. | |
| Most useful tweaks that are sensible and really make a noticeable improvement Gong! | |
| Best Headphone under 1k$? That reminds me. Anyone know the burn-in time for earbuds? 😬 | |
| Worst Audio Injury !! I got hurt pretty bad when I heard what a really good system could do. Well, it hurt my feelings, anyway. | |
| Do you have a defining musical moment from your early years? I listened to Get Yer Ya Yas Out (which had just come out) on the big (big, big) system in a chalet up on Red Mountain in Aspen where Dave Brubeck Quartet would go to practice. The mostly high end Mcintosh Tube system featured quite a few very lar... | |
| Most useful tweaks that are sensible and really make a noticeable improvement The only scientifically correct way to find the absolute best locations for speakers is usingthe out-of-phase (speaker set up) track on XLO Test CD or similar Test CD or Test LP. All (rpt all) other methods, e.g., making speakers equidistant, maki... | |
| How much does volume matter when breaking in amps and cables? Me, too, ramtubes, hope you feel better. Get well soon! 🤗 | |
| Most useful tweaks that are sensible and really make a noticeable improvement Everything sounds better cryo’d. Even home freezing is highly effective and permanent. Two days in the freezer and 6 hours in the refrigerator section to thaw slowly. Theoretically 6 hours in the refrigerator prior to the freezer might not be such... |