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Frequency response + or - 1 dB ??
How do they, the various speaker manufacturers, measure frequency response? Do they use the same anechoic chamber? Their own anechoic chamber? Is there a standard for anechoic chambers? Or some other kind of specially constructed room? One wonders... 
Am I considered to be a materialistic person?
I suspect you were right the first time. Need. Doc, ya gotta help me! I got bugs crawling all over me!!  
Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people.
Tape is a natural medium. It breathes.  
How much does volume matter when breaking in amps and cables?
How many watts through headphone cables? One watt or less? How many watts through interconnects? My guess 1/2 watt. Preamp internal wiring? My guess .01 watt. How about tonearm wires? 0.01 watt? Who knows? 
Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people.
I used to listen to 8 tracks on a Wollensak tape made in U.S.A. tape deck through Stax electrostatic headphones. Was that wrong? 
Windows in a listening room
Addendum, I just added a sentence or two to my last post. 
Windows in a listening room
Sound pressure peaks in the room are much higher than average sound pressure levels in the room. And the vibration nodes of a wall or glass window probably require “node dampers” for best results. That’s where the Marigo VTS Dots are suggested to ... 
Windows in a listening room
Define reasonable volume. 
Can we finally put Reel to Reel out of its misery? Put it to rest people.
Grammar alert 🚨 Not to mention Brer Fox and Tar Baby routine alert 🚨  
If you still spin CDs, this may be the cost no object best option.
Stoplight only affected scattered red light. But most of the scattered light is not red, it’s invisible. That’s why the effects are relatively subtle. Massive construct and huge power supplies have nothing to do with scattered light. 
Windows in a listening room
All of the VTS dots are constrained layer dampers.Confucius say only good vibration dead vibration. 
An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree?
Necessity is the mother of invention.An ordinary man has no means of deliverance. 
An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree?
Knowledge is all that matters. Money can’t buy Audio Nirvana. A rich man 💰has about as much chance of finding real Audio Nirvana 😇 as a camel 🐫 has of passing through the eye 👁 of a needle.  
Filling speaker Stands?
I posted on this very subject earlier today, describing how easy it is to be lulled into the state of mind that absorption or damping is always good. And how difficult or impossible it is to change course once one has started down that path. It’s ... 
Windows in a listening room
@david_ten - not exactly sure what you mean. What I meant was the walls and glass windows act like drum heads so they should be somehow quieted.